Press coverage of sexual abuse by members of the Catholic Church in France (2016–2020)
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11487144 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Sophie Dubec (0009-0003-6349-6875, Université Sorbonne Nouvelle), Céline Morin (0000-0002-6007-2028, Université Paris Nanterre, corresponding author), Laëtitia Atlani-Duault (0009-0000-2189-5390, Université de Paris, IRD, CEPED, France) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 38 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 398-414 |
| Publication date | 2023-08-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | European Journal of Communication (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0267-3231 • E-ISSN: 1460-3705 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/02673231221142550 |
| OpenAlex | W4310249308 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 43 |
While sexual abuse by members of the Catholic Church is a topic of growing importance, and the subject of much work to understand its construction as a public problem, little research has attempted to analyse the press coverage of this phenomenon. This article focuses on French press coverage of sexual violence committed by Catholic Church members between 2016 and 2020, a period of intense coverage, and aims to grasp its causes and solutions as reported in the daily national press. Based on content analysis using an inductive framing grid that lists the causes and solutions reported by four major national daily newspapers, the study results reveal a tendency to highlight systemic causes, particularly the role played by the silence of the Church in the perpetuation of violence, while reporting extensively on individual cases. This reflects both the strong movement of recognition of the victims, as well as their driving role in the newspapers’ exposure of the phenomenon
Aesthetics · Art · Criminology · Epistemology · Framing (construction · Media studies · Newspaper · Phenomenon · Poison control · Political science · Sexual abuse · Silence · Sociology · Gender Studies · History · Human Factors and Ergonomics · Intimate Partner and Family Violence · Medicine
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| Unique citing works | 3 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,5 |
| Citation span | 2024 - 2026 (3) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |