Web resource:	http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/1750481317697858?journalCode=dcma
Type:	Journal Article
Title:	Exploring Australian journalism discursive practices in reporting rape: The pitiful predator and the silent victim
Authors:	Vaughan, Cathy Breen, Michelle Dunne Easteal, Patricia Holland, Kate Sutherland, Georgina
Keywords:	New South Wales;Newspapers;News services;Sexual assault;Australia;Victims / survivors;Rape;Media coverage;Social attitudes
Year:	2017
Citation:	Vol. 11, no. 3
Notes:	"This article draws on the qualitative research component of a mixed-methods project exploring the Australian news media's representation of violence against women. This critical discourse analysis is on print and online news reporting of the case of 'Kings Cross Nightclub Rapist Luke Lazarus', who in March 2015 was tried and convicted of raping a female club-goer in a laneway behind his father's nightclub in Sydney, Australia. We explore the journalism discursive practices employed in the production of the news reports about the Lazarus trial. Our analysis shows how some lexical features, quoting strategies and structuring elements serve to minimise the victim's experience while emphasising the adverse effects of the trial on the accused. Furthermore, we demonstrate how such practices allow for the graphic representation of the attack in a salacious manner while minimising the impact of the crime on the victim by selectively referencing her victim impact statement." from abstract see more: http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/1750481317697858?journalCode=dcma
URI:	https://anrows.intersearch.com.au/anrowsjspui/handle/1/14659
Appears in Collections:	Journal Articles

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