Mediated representations of violence against women in the mainstream news in Australia

Sutherland, Georgina; Easteal, Patricia; Holland, Kate; Vaughan, Cathy

doi:10.1186/s12889-019-6793-2

Cited by 48 publications

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“…As a result of the investigation made, it can be said that this result complies with the literature (22). Unlike our result, studies reporting that news about external sources are made more were found as well (30,33). When the news contents are reviewed, it is seen that there are news on physical matters and/or problems such as "pregnancy and breastfeeding period changes" (22.5%), description/ introduction such as "introduction of a product used in breastfeeding period etc."…”

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confidence: 91%

“…In the research, it was found that the position of news on midwifery and fertility is mostly on the other part (top, middle and bottom part) (88.9%) (Table 3). In literature review, it was found in a study reviewing news on women that the news are quite few on the headline and subheading (21)(22)(23)30) and health related news are mostly published on other parts of the newspaper (22) similar to our results.…”

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confidence: 85%

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Review on News About Midwifery and Fertility Covered on Newspapers in Turkey

Altıparmak¹,

CİHAN²,

ÖZTAŞ³

et al. 2021

Medical Records

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This research was conducted with the purpose of making content analysis of the news about midwifery and fertility covered on newspapers in Turkey. Material and Method: Population of this retrospective descriptive study consisted of news of nine newspapers with the highest circulation in Turkey which were accessible on the internet.The data was obtained from the newspaper news that were included in the scope of the research as a result of review using the determined keywords (mother, breast milk, baby, birth, midwife, midwifery, breastfeeding, pregnant, gestation, pregnancy, postpartum, newborn).The data obtained was recorded on the 'News Evaluation Form' by the researchers.Percentage distribution,arithmetic average and standard deviation were used in the statistical evaluation. Results:Highest percentage of reviewed news were obtained from Newspaper 4 by 27.8%, Newspaper 6 by 24.7% and Newspaper 1 by 11.1% respectively.It was determined that 9.5% of the news were in the headline,1.6% were in subheading,72.5% had appropriate picture and 67.1% were of newsworthy.It was determined that only 28.5% of the news were written by healthcare professionals, 55.4% covered special days for midwives and 63.9% did not include the source of the article.It was determined that titles of 49.4% of the news were perceived as positive impact and 33.9% contained titles in relation to pregnant-pregnancy words.It was determined that physical status and/or problem (22.5%) matters were discussed most frequently in the contents of newspaper news. Conclusion:It was determined that the news obtained were intended for giving updated status, of informative news quality in general and a very few of them were discussed by healthcare professionals.In addition, it was determined that more than half of the newspapers covered news of special days for midwives,only one third of the news contained the source for the article, approximately half of them were positive news and news regarding pregnant-pregnancy keywords were written most frequently.

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confidence: 91%

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confidence: 85%

Review on News About Midwifery and Fertility Covered on Newspapers in Turkey

Altıparmak¹,

CİHAN²,

ÖZTAŞ³

et al. 2021

Medical Records

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“…An analysis of 444 Australian media reports about violence against women showed a similar result. For example, over 95% of reports excluded information on victim or perpetrator services (e.g., helplines, advocacy, or counseling services) [ 55 ]. One possible explanation for this finding is that Chinese journalists may not have requisite knowledge and awareness to incorporate appropriate information in their stories.…”

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confidence: 99%

Media Reports about Violence against Medical Care Providers in China

Tan

Yuan

Cheng

et al. 2021

IJERPH

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Improper, unprofessional, or misleading media reports about violence against medical care providers (typically doctors and nurses) may provoke copycat incidents. To examine whether media reports about violence against medical care providers in China follow professional journalism recommendations, we identified 10 influential incidents of violence against medical care providers in China through a systematic strategy and used standardized internet-based search techniques to retrieve media reports about these events from 2007–2017. Reports were evaluated independently by trained coders to assess adherence to professional journalism recommendations using a 14-item checklist. In total, 788 eligible media reports were considered. Of those, 50.5% and 47.3%, respectively, failed to mention the real and complete names of the writer and editor. Reports improperly mentioned specific details about the time, place, methods, and perpetrators of violence in 42.1%, 36.4%, 45.4%, and 54.6% of cases, respectively. Over 80% of reports excluded a suggestion to seek help from professional agencies or mediation by a third party and only 3.8% of reports mentioned the perspectives of all three key informants about an event: medical care providers, patients, and hospital administrators. Of those that mentioned medical care providers, patient, and/or hospital administrator perspectives, less than 20% indicated they had obtained the interviewee’s consent to include their perspective. We concluded that most reports about violence against medical care providers in the Chinese media failed to strictly follow reporting recommendations from authoritative media bodies. Efforts are recommended to improve adherence to professional guidelines in media reports about violence against medical care providers in China, as adherence to those guidelines is likely to reduce future violent events against medical care providers like doctors and nurses.

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“…This is not to suggest that news media audiences digest reporting in a simplistic and uncontested way; readers may challenge and disrupt news media discourse, or interpret reporting in vastly different ways (Harrington, 2018). Nonetheless, media reporting is a key site of discourse on GBV and plays a central role in shaping how this issue is articulated and understood, and in driving primary prevention efforts, policy and other responses (Sutherland et al, 2017;Sutherland et al, 2019).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Breen et al's (2017) analysis of a high-profile Australian rape trial, for example, found that news media reporting emphasised the negative impact the guilty finding would have on the perpetrator's future prospects and his persistent claim that the encounter was a consensual one (see also Smith et al, 2019). In contrast, the survivor's voice was less commonly quoted, and quotes used from her victim impact statement "served to discursively minimise her experience" (Breen et al, 2017, p.248;see also O'Hara, 2012;Sutherland et al, 2019). In other cases, the actions and responsibility of the perpetrator are obscured through the use of passive voice, with GBV becoming something that just happens to women (Easteal et al, 2019).…”

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confidence: 99%

#MeToo in regional, rural and remote Australia: An analysis of regional newspapers reports profiling the movement

Loney-Howes¹,

Fileborn²

2020

International Journal of Rural Criminology

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The #MeToo movement sparked a global conversation and moment of reckoning in relation to sexual violence. The hashtag campaign, developed from a tweet sent by actress Alyssa Milano (though the phrase was originally coined by African American activist Tarana Burke some decade earlier), provided a moment for survivors to share their experiences in a context in which they were perhaps more likely to be supported and believed. The #MeToo movement also created an opportunity to engage in a more productive dialogue about the causes and the challenges underpinning the prevention of gender-based violence. Yet, #MeToo has been subject to substantive critique, particularly in relation to modes of representation within media reporting. In addition, there is also little is known about how the #MeToo movement was impactful beyond major urban centres and resonated in regional, rural, and remote (RRR) locations. This article addresses both these issues drawing on a thematic analysis of 70 newspaper articles from RRR newspapers in Australia reporting on or responding to the #MeToo movement. While the data reveals some progressive approaches to documenting how the #MeToo movement impacted some RRR communities, as well as profiling some of the key challenges facing RRR communities in addressing gender-based violence, the specific voices represented in newspaper reporting, continues to reflect the perspectives of white, heterosexual women. We conclude by suggesting further research exploring the nature of reporting on #MeToo in other RRR spaces is needed to understand the full extent to which sexual violence is understood and represented. In addition, more specific work with survivors in RRR Australia and globally is vital to understand the dynamics and complexities of responding to and preventing sexual violence and the challenges associated with the geographies of speaking out.

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Mediated representations of violence against women in the mainstream news in Australia

Cited by 48 publications

References 25 publications

Review on News About Midwifery and Fertility Covered on Newspapers in Turkey

Review on News About Midwifery and Fertility Covered on Newspapers in Turkey

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#MeToo in regional, rural and remote Australia: An analysis of regional newspapers reports profiling the movement

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