SOC 4030 Chapter Notes - Chapter Week 3 Article : Iden, 6 Years, Frame Analysis

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 4030
• Professor: Mavis Morton

Document Summary

Framing deadly domestic violence by gillespie, lane kirkland et al: as late as the late 1970s, the abuse of women, particularly by male partners, was condoned socially as an acceptable way for husbands to discipline their wives. Framing violence and domestic violence in the news: Indicating the victim and/or perpetrator are somehow different from the norm. Data collection: a list of domestic homicides was obtained from the north carolina coalition against domestic. Analytic technique: quantitative analyses and qualitative analyses. Discussion: the current study compared the media frames in a group of 113 cases of femicide from north. Carolina spanning a 6-year period that contained at least one news article defining the femicide as. Media"s spin matters in newspaper coverage of femicide. violence against women. In particular, comparing media frame used in states without an active coalition to states with more active advocacy may be useful in identifying the influence coalitions have on the media.