Victim Blaming and Recognition: Boundaries of Media Discourse on Gender Violence

Media have been given an outstanding relevance to combat gender violence. The aim of this article is to discuss the limitations of the current hegemonic mode of recognition of gender-based violence if we want to update media discourse in order to deepen in the reality of the phenomenon and contribut...

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Main Author: Emma Gómez Nicolau
Format: Article
Language:Spanish
Published: Universidad de Alicante 2016-06-01
Series:Feminismo/s
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Online Access:https://feminismos.ua.es/article/view/2016-n27-culpabilizacion-de-las-victimas-y-reconocimiento-limites-del-discurso-mediatico-sobre-la-violencia-de-genero
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Summary:Media have been given an outstanding relevance to combat gender violence. The aim of this article is to discuss the limitations of the current hegemonic mode of recognition of gender-based violence if we want to update media discourse in order to deepen in the reality of the phenomenon and contribute to social change. A qualitative approach has been developed to put in the center of the research those journalists that make, frame and select gender-based violence news stories. 17 semi-structured interviews were made and, through discourse analysis, we analyze how journalists interpellate the subjects of violence in the context of news production. It is argued that the current mode of recognition of gender violence fosters an individualized conception of violence that produces an objectified model of woman-victim considered lacked of agency, who, eventually, is judged responsible of her own situation of violence.
ISSN:1696-8166
1989-9998