Women and Violence: Media Making the Call
Author | : Cory Contini |
Publisher | : GRIN Verlag |
Total Pages | : 13 |
Release | : 2013-03-19 |
ISBN-10 | : 9783656394150 |
ISBN-13 | : 3656394156 |
Rating | : 4/5 (156 Downloads) |
Download or read book Women and Violence: Media Making the Call written by Cory Contini and published by GRIN Verlag. This book was released on 2013-03-19 with total page 13 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Scientific Essay from the year 2009 in the subject Sociology - Social System and Social Structure, grade: 87%, Ottawa University, course: CRM3317 - Crime and Media, language: English, abstract: Through extensive research, this paper concludes that often times it is not the details of the crime that determine whether a story will receive news coverage, rather, it is the woman’s age, race, nationality, class, or even appearance, that determines it; and that furthermore, this portrayal of women in the media is detrimental for women in society.