Beschreibung:
Marian Meyers explores evidence that shows that news coverage in North American cities routinely depicts criminal violence against females differently from the way it depicts violence against males. She argues that this serves to perpetuate traditional, inegalitarian gender stereotyping.
News, Violence and WomenNews and the Mythology of Anti-Woman ViolenceThe Murder of a Battered WomanGood Girls, Bad Girls and TV NewsNews of Self-Defense`Unusualness¿ and Crime NewsReforming the NewsConclusion