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Framing the victim: domestic violence, media, and social problems

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Social problems and social issuesPublication details: Routledge 2004 OxonDescription: xi, 205 p.: ill. Includes references and indexISBN:
  • 9781351519199
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 361.10973 B3F7
Online resources: Summary: "Whether you are drawn to this book because of an interest in media, social problems, or domestic violence, reading it will help you better understand the impact media stories have on our perceptions of social problems." That is how Nancy Berns introduces her book. It is a work that unabashedly examines not only domestic violence but also the larger picture of how politics and processes shape our responses to social problems. Framing the Victim also distinguishes serious research from media, which promote entertainment, empowerment, and drama. https://www.routledge.com/Framing-the-Victim-Domestic-Violence-Media-and-Social-Problems/Berns/p/book/9780202307411
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Table of contents

Zooming in (and out) on social problems
The landscape of domestic violence and the public's narrow picture
"I get my experience from the media" : using media to understand social problems
Women's magazines : the victim empowerment frame
Social problems as inspiration, entertainment, and emotion : women's magazines and other entertainment media
Men's and conservative political magazines : the antifeminist frame
Liberal political magazines : the social justice frame
Framing the victim
In search of a new social problem about violence

"Whether you are drawn to this book because of an interest in media, social problems, or domestic violence, reading it will help you better understand the impact media stories have on our perceptions of social problems." That is how Nancy Berns introduces her book. It is a work that unabashedly examines not only domestic violence but also the larger picture of how politics and processes shape our responses to social problems. Framing the Victim also distinguishes serious research from media, which promote entertainment, empowerment, and drama.

https://www.routledge.com/Framing-the-Victim-Domestic-Violence-Media-and-Social-Problems/Berns/p/book/9780202307411

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