If it Bleeds it Leads

Coverage of violence against women and sexual and reproductive health in Argentina from 1995 to 2015

Datos Bibliográficos

ID12909255
AutoresVictoria Andelsman Alvarez (0000-0002-3910-8655, University of San Andrés), Eugenia Mitchelstein (0000-0001-7355-8740, University of San Andrés, autor de correspondencia)
Año2018
Volumen13
Número4
Páginas458-475
Fecha de publicación2018-08-03
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaJournalism Practice (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1751-2786 • E-ISSN: 1751-2794
EditorialTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/17512786.2018.1504628
OpenAlexW2887808981
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas4
Referencias citadas58

This paper examines newspaper coverage of sexual and reproductive health and violence against women, from 1995 until 2015, in two print newspapers from Buenos Aires, Argentina. The analysis shows that while coverage of violence against women increased over the 20-year period, coverage of sexual and reproductive health did not. Moreover, drawing on framing theory, content analysis indicates that, regardless of the level of coverage, throughout the period examined, articles on these topics tended to eschew a gender equality approach, and to be framed in episodic, rather than thematic frames. Finally, articles about violence against women are significantly less likely to use either the equality frame or the thematic frame than stories about sexual and reproductive health. This paper draws on these findings to reflect on the relevance of portraying these issues as social concerns with impact in gender equality

Content analysis · Framing (construction · Geography · Media studies · Newspaper · Political science · Qualitative research · Relevance (law · Reproductive health · Social science · Sociology · Thematic analysis · Demography · Gender Politics and Representation · Gender Studies · Gender, Feminism, and Media · Psychology · Sex work and related issues · Social Psychology