Violence Against Women in the Global South

ISBN-13: 9783031309106 / Angielski / Twarda / 2023

Opis

Bringing together 14 journalism scholars from around the world, this edited collection addresses the deficit of coverage of violence against women in the Global South by examining the role of the legacy press and social media that report on and highlight ways to improve reporting. Authors investigate the ontological limitations which present structural and systemic challenges for journalists who report on the normalization of violence against women in country cases in Argentina; Brazil; Mexico; Indonesia; Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa; Egypt; Libya, Syria, and Yemen. Challenges include patriarchal forces; gender imbalance in newsrooms; propaganda and censorship strategies by repressive, hyper-masculine, and populist political regimes; economic and digital inequities; and civil and transnational wars. Presenting diverse conceptual, methodological, and empirical chapters, the collection offers a revision of existing frameworks and guidelines and aims to promote more gender-sensitive, trauma-informed, solutions-driven, and victim or survivor centered reporting in the region.

Spis treści

1 Reporting on Violence Against Women in the Global South

Part I South Asia

2 Indonesian Female Journalists and Gender Activism in the #MeToo Era: From #MulaiBicara and #TalkAboutIt

Part II Latin America

3 #NiUnaMenos: The Story of a Tweet That Revolutionized Feminism and Changed How Media Covers Violence Against Women in Argentina

4 The Judge and the Influencer: Race, Gender, and Class in Brazilian News Coverage of Violence Against Women

5 Moving Beyond the Protest Paradigm?: News Coverage of International Women’s Day Marches in Mexico

Part III Sub-Saharan Africa

6 Reporting on Rape Culture in Sub-Saharan Africa During the #MeToo Era

Part IV North Africa and the Middle East

7 Egypt’s #MeToo Moment: Using Social Media to Help Address Violence Against Women in Egypt

8 Online Activism in Contexts of War: Is There a #MeToo Echo in Libya, Syria, and Yemen?

9 Shifting the News Narrative About Violence Against Women in the Global South

O autorze

Andrea Baker, senior lecturer in Journalism, Monash University, Australia.

Celeste González de Bustamante, Associate Dean for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion and Professor of Journalism and Media, The University of Texas at Austin.

Jeannine E. Relly, Professor in the School of Journalism, The University of Arizona, USA.

Blurb

“A must-read for journalism, communication, and gender studies scholars interested in understanding how socioeconomic factors and geopolitical power relations influence discourse around violence against women in the Global South.”

─Ammina Kothari, Professor of Journalism, Harrington School of Communication and Media, University of Rhode Island, USA

This anthology makes a much-needed path-breaking contribution to an interdisciplinary understanding of woman abuse in the five regions of the most populated part of the world.”

─Walter DeKeseredy, Anna Deane Carlson Endowed Chair of Social Sciences, West Virginia University, USA

Bringing together 14 journalism scholars from around the world, this edited collection addresses the deficit of coverage of violence against women in the Global South by examining the role of the legacy press and social media that report on and highlight ways to improve reporting. Authors investigate the ontological limitations which present structural and systemic challenges for journalists who report on the normalization of violence against women in country cases in Argentina; Brazil; Mexico; Indonesia; Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa; Egypt; Libya, Syria, and Yemen. Challenges include patriarchal forces; gender imbalance in newsrooms; propaganda and censorship strategies by repressive, hyper-masculine, and populist political regimes; economic and digital inequities; and civil and transnational wars. Presenting diverse conceptual, methodological, and empirical chapters, the collection offers a revision of existing frameworks and guidelines and aims to promote more gender-sensitive, trauma-informed, solutions-driven, and victim or survivor centered reporting in the region.

Andrea Baker, senior lecturer in Journalism, Monash University, Australia.

Celeste González de Bustamante, Associate Dean for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion and Professor of Journalism and Media, The University of Texas at Austin.

Jeannine E. Relly, Professor in the School of Journalism, The University of Arizona, USA.