The Subversive Power of Survivor Rhetoric: An Innovative Archive of Survivor Discourse in<i>New York</i>Magazine

Palmer-Mehta, Valerie

doi:10.1080/07491409.2018.1471764

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“…However, it is important to note that these problematic media representations are far from universal. Numerous contemporary studies have documented examples of media reporting that works to contest and disrupt myths and misconceptions about GBV, and present feminist analysis of GBV, even if this is typically in a minority of reporting (e.g., Breen et al, 2017;Easteal et al, 2019;Harrington, 2018;Hindes & Fileborn, 2019;Morgan & Simon, 2018;Palmer-Mehta, 2018;Sutherland et al, 2017). As Breen and colleagues (2017, p.255) suggest, this observation is important as "it points to editorial judgements being made about relevance or perceived news value."…”

Section: Media Reporting On Gbvmentioning

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#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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Section: Media Reporting On Gbvmentioning

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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“…Within this vein of research arguing for more nuanced representations of sexual violence, one scholar examined how New York Magazine's "I'm No Longer Afraid" project presented the stories of 35 women speaking out against Bill Cosby (Palmer-Mehta, 2018). Building on the theoretical concepts of "survivor narratives" and "nontraditional archives," Palmer-Mehta demonstrated how this multimedia project successfully moved the power from the media outlet and journalist to the survivors themselves.…”

Section: Representations Of Sexual Violencementioning

confidence: 99%

“…In doing so, the "I'm No Longer Afraid" project resisted dominant narratives surrounding sexual assault survivors and brought to light the backlash that many survivors face as they attempt to tell their stories. This multimedia project also crafted an alternative perception of Cosby that countered his public persona and served as a place where survivors could articulate their experiences in a very public and resistant manner (Palmer-Mehta, 2018). Although "I'm No Longer Afraid" was published before the #MeToo movement's rise to public consciousness on Twitter, Bill Cosby's retrial and conviction in 2018 occurred during a time when the movement had considerable momentum.…”

Section: Representations Of Sexual Violencementioning

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A textual analysis of feminist journalism coverage of the #MeToo movevment in Ms. and Jezebel

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Since October 2017, many people have shared their experiences as sexual assault survivors on social media using #MeToo, and the #MeToo movement has been covered extensively by media outlets. The purpose of this qualitative study is to use textual analysis to examine the coverage of the #MeToo movement in two feminist journalism publications Ms. and Jezebel in order to explore how that coverage is intersectional in its depictions of the movement and the thematic narratives that it promotes about sexual assault survivors and perpetrators. The results of the study indicate that both outlets' coverage of the movement and narratives about survivors and perpetrators were, at times, very intersectional in how attention was given to expanding the movement well beyond Hollywood and challenging the broader systems and societal beliefs that perpetuate the prevalence of sexual violence. However, by detailing how the coverage was distributed across the first four years of the movement, this study reveals that there were gaps in both outlets' coverage where the reporting did not critically evaluate #MeToo regarding who was involved in the movement, what the movement has accomplished and how it needs to continue to grow in order to bring about lasting change. This research informs scholarly understanding about feminist journalism's depiction of the movement and the feminist and intersectional values included or omitted by this coverage.

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Working With/In: An Exploration of Queer Punk Time and Space in Collaborative Archival Workshops

Fife

2024

Palgrave Studies in the History of Subcultures and Popular Music

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The Subversive Power of Survivor Rhetoric: An Innovative Archive of Survivor Discourse inNew YorkMagazine

Cited by 7 publications

References 29 publications

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

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

A textual analysis of feminist journalism coverage of the #MeToo movevment in Ms. and Jezebel

Working With/In: An Exploration of Queer Punk Time and Space in Collaborative Archival Workshops

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