Type:	Journal Article
Title:	Desperate lovers and wanton women: press representations of domestic violence
Other Titles:	Hecate
Authors:	Evans, Ilsa
Keywords:	Community attitudes;Representations of women
Year:	2001
Publisher:	Hecate Press
Citation:	27 (2), 2001
Notes:	Outlines the findings of a sample study of newspaper coverage of domestic violence; and investigates the correlation between this coverage, the perpetration of damaging myths, and the community awareness regarding the issues involved. The study examined three major Victorian newspapers through a qualitative textual analysis. It concluded that the newspaper media are a powerful and influential institution in Australian life, and that the complicity of the press in the manipulation and perpetration of myths, stereotypes and mixed messages has a direct bearing on the community’s understanding of domestic violence.
URI:	https://anrows.intersearch.com.au/anrowsjspui/handle/1/14159
ISSN:	0311-4198
Appears in Collections:	Journal Articles

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