Online Newspaper Coverage of Femicide in Chile and the US

Neira Mellado, Carola Paz

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2013-08-31

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Neira Mellado, Carola Paz

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University of Kansas

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95 pages

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Thesis

Degree Level

M.A.

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Communication Studies

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Abstract

The present study explored the portrayal and frames that the U.S. online news media and Chilean online news media use when covering femicide/IPV fatalities news. Associations among a Femicide Law enactment and changes in the use of labels to portray the cases were examined. Content analysis was conducted, comparing data from 46 U.S. online news articles and 138 Chilean news articles. Results suggest that the enactment of a law that recognizes femicide as a crime has an effect on how the cases are labeled in the news. Results also support previous findings, showing stereotyped news coverage that isolates cases of violence against women and indirectly excuses the perpetrator.

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