Motherhood in the Media: Infanticide, Journalism, and the Digital Age

ISBN-13: 9781138599604 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 224 str.

Barbara Barnett

Opis

This book analyzes media coverage of women who kill their children, examining contemporary news stories in the United States and exploring how those stories shape our views of motherhood, caretaking, and feminine behavior.

Spis treści

Introduction: Murdering Mothers: From Tragic to Hot  1. Child Murders: A Global, Historical Perspective of an Enduring Practice  2. The Media Landscape: Changing Values, Changing Content  3. Mom Slays Tot; Film at 11  4. The Famous and Infamous: How the Media Construct Celebrity "Monster Moms"  5. The Storytellers’ Stories  6. New Media, New Stories? Mothers Use Social Media  Epilogue: Toward New Stories and New Forms of Storytelling

O autorze

Barbara Barnett, Ph.D., is an associate professor in the William Allen White School of Journalism and Mass Communications at the University of Kansas. She received her master’s degree from Duke University and her doctoral degree from the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill. She formerly worked as a reporter and editorial writer for The Charlotte News and also as a writer for nonprofit health-care organizations, working in Asia, Africa, and Latin America. Her research interests are media, gender, and violence.