Women and Violence: Media Making the Call
Author | : Cory Contini |
Publisher | : GRIN Verlag |
Total Pages | : 13 |
Release | : 2013-03-19 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 3656394156 |
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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.