Framing the victim : domestic violence, media, and social problems
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Framing the victim : domestic violence, media, and social problems
（Social problems and social issues）
Aldine de Gruyter, c2004
- : cloth
- : pbk
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 179-190) and index
Description and Table of Contents
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: cloth ISBN 9780202307404
Description
Framing the Victim is a must-read for anyone concerned about the politics and processes that shape how we understand and respond to social problems.It illustrates how victims of domestic violence are "framed" by the dominant media perspectives focused on them and falsely blamed for a crime committed by someone else. Berns insightfully critiques the stories that emerge when social problems are shaped by guidelines that promote entertainment, victim empowerment, drama, inspiration, and politics. She also offers recommendations on how to focus less on the victim and more on the abuser as well as the cultural and social context within which the violence is learned and tolerated.
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: pbk ISBN 9780202307411
Description
Framing the Victim is a must-read for anyone concerned about the politics and processes that shape how we understand and respond to social problems.It illustrates how victims of domestic violence are "framed" by the dominant media perspectives focused on them and falsely blamed for a crime committed by someone else. Berns insightfully critiques the stories that emerge when social problems are shaped by guidelines that promote entertainment, victim empowerment, drama, inspiration, and politics. She also offers recommendations on how to focus less on the victim and more on the abuser as well as the cultural and social context within which the violence is learned and tolerated.
Table of Contents
- 1: Zooming In (and Out) on Social Problems
- 2: The Landscape of Domestic Violence and the Public's Narrow Picture
- 3: "I Get My Experience from the Media": Using Media to Understand Social Problems
- 4: Women's Magazines: The Victim Empowerment Frame
- 5: Social Problems As Inspiration, Entertainment, and Emotion: Women's Magazines and Other Entertainment Media
- 6: Men's and Conservative Political Magazines: The Antifeminist Frame
- 7: Liberal Political Magazines: The Social Justice Frame
- 8: Framing the Victim
- 9: In Search of a New Social Problem about Violence
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