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Hill, Annette. "Natural born killer : risk theories and the mass media." Thesis, University of Surrey, 1998. http://epubs.surrey.ac.uk/843765/.
Full textIbrahim, Abdulilah. "Syrian Kurds amid Violence : Depictions of Mass Violence against Syrian Kurdistan in Kurdish Media, 2014–2019." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Hugo Valentin-centrum, 2021. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-445104.
Full textGarvey, Adrienne S. "A case study of the response of newsroom managers to the psychological affects on newsroom employees of the coverage of a traumatic news story." Instructions for remote access, 2009. http://www.kutztown.edu/library/services/remote_access.asp.
Full textSource: Masters Abstracts International, Volume: 47-05, page: 2446. Advisers: David Kintsfather; Joseph Chuk. Includes bibliographical references (p. 58-60)
Hill, Rena. "Media Violence and its Effects on Young African American Men." Xavier University / OhioLINK, 2012. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=xavier1395248298.
Full textSmith, Mathew. "What role do parents play in the media habits and possible problematic behavior of their children /." Connect to resource online, 2008. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ysu1235586888.
Full textKarim, Karim H. (Karim Haiderali) 1956. "Constructions of the Islamic peril in English-language Canadian print media : discourses on power and violence." Thesis, McGill University, 1996. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=42064.
Full textBorrowing from Jacques Ellul, this study examines the importance of myth as a fundamental basis of communication. However, unlike Ellul, it also explores alternatives to the operations of dominant communication structures. Edward Said's critique of Orientalism informs the analysis of Northern portrayals of Muslim societies; but the dissertation attempts to avoid overstating the Orientalist discourses' hegemony by proposing a model of competition among dominant, oppositional and alternative discourses on "Islam."
Mainstream media's adherence to dominant technological myths and their general reticence about the structural and direct violence of elite states are examined. Distinct similarities are found between the utopic orientations and technical operations of dominant Northern and Muslim discourses, as well as in Jewish, Christian and Muslim conceptions of holy/just war. The proliferation of contemporary Northern images about "Islam" are traced historically to four primary stereotypes about Muslims.
Examinations of the supposedly objective and secularist media reportage on terrorism show differences in portrayal according to the perpetrators' religions. Analyses of the coverage of wars involving peoples of Muslim backgrounds in the Middle East, Bosnia-Herzegovina, and the former USSR demonstrate the tendency of dominant journalistic scripts to attribute diverse political, economic and territorial conflicts to a monolithic "lslam" The dissertation traces how the global media narrative's transformation of Saddam Hussein from an ally of the West to a demonic despot was aided by according him "Islamic" characteristics. It also looks at the emergence of "Islam" as a post-Cold War Other. Lastly, proposals made by scholars and journalists for enhancing inter-cultural communication between Northern and Muslim societies are considered.
Dobbs, Rhonda R. "The three musketeers : social process theories, feminism and violence in the mass media /." Thesis, This resource online, 1996. http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-02132009-172539/.
Full textVultee, Fred. "Securitization as a theory of media effects the contest over the framing of political violence /." Diss., Columbia, Mo. : University of Missouri-Columbia, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/10355/4792.
Full textThe entire dissertation/thesis text is included in the research.pdf file; the official abstract appears in the short.pdf file (which also appears in the research.pdf); a non-technical general description, or public abstract, appears in the public.pdf file. Title from title screen of research.pdf file (viewed on December 14, 2007) Vita. Includes bibliographical references.
Katz, Jackson Tambor. "The Presidency as pedagogy a cultural studies analysis of violence, media and the construction of presidential masculinities /." Diss., Restricted to subscribing institutions, 2009. http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?did=1930276351&sid=1&Fmt=2&clientId=1564&RQT=309&VName=PQD.
Full textEriksson, Mikaela. "Conflict-related sexual violence against men: A thematic analysis of the phenomenon in mass media." Thesis, Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för samhällsstudier (SS), 2021. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-100248.
Full textFrench, Douglas A. "A study of the use of violence and sexual content in modern Japanese animation on American DVD video." Instructions for remote access. Click here to access this electronic resource. Access available to Kutztown University faculty, staff, and students only, 2006. http://www.kutztown.edu/library/services/remote_access.asp.
Full textSource: Masters Abstracts International, Volume: 45-06, page: 2708. Typescript. Abstract precedes thesis as 2 leaves (iii-iv). Includes bibliographical references (leaves 29-30).
Yang, Mong-Shan. "Understanding the effectiveness of moral mediation through theories of moral reasoning." Columbus, Ohio : Ohio State University, 2006. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc%5Fnum=osu1155653070.
Full textEhmer, Emily A. "An attitudinal study of music videos portraying violence, sex-role stereotypes, and objectification of women among young women." Virtual Press, 2008. http://liblink.bsu.edu/uhtbin/catkey/1390657.
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White, Melissa Lee, and melissa white@deakin edu au. "Emotional habituation to filmed violence employing the startle probe response." Deakin University. School of Psychology, 2002. http://tux.lib.deakin.edu.au./adt-VDU/public/adt-VDU20061207.131711.
Full textLoon, Joost van. "Violence & mediation : figuring-out the racial matrix of 1992 L.A. riots." Thesis, Lancaster University, 1995. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.309043.
Full textGunderson, Jennifer R. "Impact of Real Life and Media Violence: Relationships between Violence Exposure, Aggression, Hostility, and Empathy Among High School Students and Detained Adolescents." Connect to Online Resource-OhioLINK, 2006. http://www.ohiolink.edu/etd/view.cgi?acc_num=toledo1166023506.
Full textTypescript. "Submitted as partial fulfillment of the requirements of the Doctor of Philosophy in Clinical Psychology." Bibliography: leaves 82-99.
Kader, Kashiefa. "Children's perceptions of "screen" violence and the effects on their well-being." Thesis, University of the Western Cape, 2006. http://etd.uwc.ac.za/index.php?module=etd&action=viewtitle&id=gen8Srv25Nme4_9802_1189160105.
Full textWorking from a child participatory perspective, the study aimed to explore children's perceptions and experiences of screen violence. Within this process there is an attempt to understand how children assign meaning to these violent screen images at an interpersonal and broader social level.
Tang, Wai Yen. "Lose your Self-Control to Video Game Violence: The Dual Impact of Ego Depletion and Violent Video Game Play on Aggression." The Ohio State University, 2012. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1338307763.
Full textOlivier, Erin Monique. "Killing for the camera?: an investigation into the relationship between serial killers and the media." Thesis, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/10948/587.
Full textDamasceno, Ana Carolina Almeida. "Violência nas escolas: a ordem do dia para os mass media." Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora, 2012. https://repositorio.ufjf.br/jspui/handle/ufjf/1875.
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Essa dissertação desenvolve uma reflexão sobre como a questão da violência escolar passou a integrar os mass media na última década. Sobre o prisma da perspectiva do agendasetting, a qual propõe que para que um determinado tema adquira visibilidade midiática e passe a compor o discurso jornalístico, é fundamental que ele passe por um processo produtivo -newsmaking- sendo transformado em um assunto de discussão pública; a análise realizada busca compreender como a violência escolar é apresentada pela media on-line. Nesse sentido o presente trabalho realizou uma pesquisa de caráter tanto qualitativo como quantitativo, na qual buscou compreender a violência escolar apresentada nas matérias diárias de dois grandes jornais, de circulação nacional, O DIA on-line e O GLOBO on-line. Entendendo o fenômeno da violência como sendo um processo histórico social que deve ser contextualizado devido seu caráter multifacetado, o presente trabalho traz ainda uma análise de como ela vem sendo apresentada pela media. Verifica-se, a partir da análise das reportagens, como a questão do bullying passou a compor a agenda midiática, não só como um problema do contexto escolar, mas também como um tema relacionado à judicialização das relações sociais.
This paper develops a reflection on how the issue of school violence became part of the media in the last decade. About the prism of the agenda-setting perspective, which proposes that for a given topic and go get media visibility composing journalistic discourse, it is essential to go through a production process-newsmaking-being transformed into a subject of public discussion , the analysis seeks to understand how school violence is presented by online media. In this sense the present study conducted a survey of both qualitative and quantitative character, which sought to understand school violence in the matters presented two major daily newspapers of national circulation, online O DIA and O GLOBO online. Understanding the phenomenon of violence as a social historical process that must be contextualized because of its multifaceted character, this paper also carries an analysis of how it is being presented by the media. It appears, from the analysis of the reports, as the issue of bullying came to compose the agenda media, not only as a problem of the school context, but also as a theme related to the judicialization of social relations.
Mashabela, Raisibe Promise. "Newspaper representations of the psychological profile of domestic violence : an archival study." Thesis, University of Limpopo, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10386/1605.
Full textThe aim of the study was to explore the psychological profiles of perpetrators of domestic violence as represented in newspaper articles. An archival research approach was chosen as the appropriate design for the present study. The researcher accessed and studied all newspaper articles from two daily newspapers reporting on domestic violence over a two-year period (that is, from January 2011 up to December 2012). A total of 98 newspaper articles (sixty from the Sowetan newspaper, and 38 thirty eight from the Daily Sun newspaper) covering the period under review were retrieved. The data was captured on a self-developed data record sheet. The Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) was used to analyse the data. The results were analysed and presented using frequency tables, descriptive statistics and cross-tabulations. The results of the study showed that the majority of the victims of domestic violence were women with little education and skills. Assault, attempted murder and murder were found to be the forms of violence perpetrated against the victims. The majority of the perpetrators (70.4%) were males, with higher education and skills. Some of the perpetrators were represented in the newspaper articles as being emotionally troubled (69.4%), passively aggressive (11.2%), mentally disturbed (5.1%) and socially deviant (3.1%). The majority of the mental health problems that were associated with the perpetrators of domestic violence included depression, borderline personality and acute psychosis. A number of triggers were found to lead to domestic violence. These included family arguments, jealousy, substance abuse, and criminal behaviour. Based on the above results, the study is concluded by recommending anger and stress management as some of the programmes that the government could introduce to minimise domestic violence.
Haq, Amrat. "News violence and desensitization of news viewers in Pakistan." HKBU Institutional Repository, 2017. http://repository.hkbu.edu.hk/etd_oa/397.
Full textZitha, Nkosinathi. "Effects of violent films and video games on children selected villages in Giyani Municipality, Limpopo Province." Thesis, University of Limpopo, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10386/2581.
Full textThe purpose of this study was to outline the effects of violent films and video games on children in Giyani. The study used both qualitative and quantitative methods. Data collection was done using three methods, namely: structured questionnaires, interviews and observations. Participants for this study were sixty (60) children from four selected villages, namely Ndhambhi, Mageva , Bambeni and nwamarhanga. Twenty (20) parents from the same villages were also selected. Films and video games remain the source of entertainment for media consumers although they have effects. Such effects may be seen through long and short time exposures. There are positive and negative effects of media violence exposure. The effectiveness of effects on children may be determined by several factors such as: cognitive development of one’s mind, time spent consuming violent films and video games, age and interpretation attached to messages portrayed by the media. The findings reveal that children’s perceptions of the reality may be affected by media violence. Furthermore, parents do not always monitor what their children consume on daily basis. Repeated exposure of violence on children might result in aggressiveness and the syndrome world effects. Children should be taught about the importance of age restrictions and television guidelines.
Franklin, Adam Christopher. "Headshot! An exploration of the phenomenon of violent video games /." Bowling Green, Ohio : Bowling Green State University, 2007. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc%5Fnum=bgsu1182264608.
Full textThomas, Ryan James. ""I'm looking for Jack Bauer at that time" 24, torture, & getting your hands dirty in the name of ideology /." Online access for everyone, 2008. http://www.dissertations.wsu.edu/Thesis/Spring2008/r_thomas_042308.pdf.
Full textDill, Karen E. "Violent video game and trait aggression effects on aggressive behavior, thoughts, and feelings, delinquency, and world view /." free to MU campus, to others for purchase, 1997. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/mo/fullcit?p9841277.
Full textPierce, Tamyra A. "Warning--the news program you are about to watch may not be appropriate for all viewers : the moderating effects of violence in the news /." free to MU campus, to others for purchase, 2002. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/mo/fullcit?p3052208.
Full textCarlyle, Kellie E. "Media representations of intimate partner violence exploring the mediational role of attributions and emotions /." Columbus, Ohio : Ohio State University, 2007. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc%5Fnum=osu1186342473.
Full textFlytström, Jesper. "Huliganism i media : En kritisk diskursanalys över Aftonbladets och Expressens skildring av fotbollsrelaterat våld och hur diskursen förändrats över tid." Thesis, Södertörns högskola, Medie- och kommunikationsvetenskap, 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:sh:diva-39543.
Full textKuhlin, Nancy, and Sanna Drigoris. "Mediepresentationer av våld : En studie om faser, utifrån fallet Breivik." Thesis, Mälardalens högskola, Akademin för hälsa, vård och välfärd, 2015. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:mdh:diva-28433.
Full textIn this study, we investigated howthe mass media presented theacts of violence over time. What we examined iswhether there are different phasesin the mass media presentationsof violence or not. We used the case Breivik andNorway attacks in 2011, which we think is a mass media highlighted case. And wich may shed light on other acts of violence.Using Grounded Theory we analyzed a total of 80newspaper articles taken from Aftonbladet, Expressen, Dagens Nyheter and Svenska Dagbladet. The result showsthat there are separate phases and we have referredto these as: The unbelievable, Collective processing from the unbelievable,The unbelievable politicized and The unbelievable becomes a reference. While previous research has highlighted the effects of mass mediaviolence, mass media portrayals of men and women, mass media representationsover time and that media bias, the procedural development of violence has beenless studied. We have used the symbolic interactionist theory to gain a deeperunderstanding of our results. The value of this study for the existing researchis that we distinguished different phases regarding how the violence presentedin the mass media.
Weaver, C. Kay. "Representations of men's violence against women : audio-visual texts and their reception." Thesis, University of Stirling, 1995. http://hdl.handle.net/1893/17091.
Full textAderaldo, Guilhermo Andre. "Das ruas a tela : a representação da violencia na midia eletronica." [s.n.], 2008. http://repositorio.unicamp.br/jspui/handle/REPOSIP/278989.
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Resumo: De que maneira as lutas internas ligadas ao campo da televisão sustentam os modos através dos quais o tema da violência é representado em seu interior? Partindo do princípio de que, enxergar a televisão como uma simples transmissora dos "fatos" encontrados no mundo social, ou ainda, como um meio de "manipulação" desses fatos, significa ignorar a luta por uma melhor condição nos processos de distribuição das chances de poder por parte dos agentes no interior do veículo, esta pesquisa visa a um esforço de compreensão das ligações estabelecidas entre o modo através do qual a violência é representada na televisão e as trajetórias individuais dos agentes, cuja notoriedade foi ganha a partir da exploração do tema, no interior dos processos de mudança aos quais se encontram inscritos, de acordo com suas respectivas posições. Proponho que a análise das diferenças nos modos de representar a violência ao longo do tempo por parte dos agentes ligados ao campo da televisão pode nos indicar caminhos mais complexos para pensarmos uma questão consensual em relação aos estudos sobre a representação da violência ne~se veículo, bem como em outros meios de comunicação: a distorção entre os dados comumente aceitos pelas ciências sociais para a retratação "objetiva" do problema da criminalidade no país e a maneira como a violência acaba sendo apresentada na mídia, que costuma privilegiar os traços mais dramáticos de casos isolados ligados às ocorrências policiais
Abstract: In what way the internal struggleslinked to the television field sustain the forms which through the television theme is represented in its interior? From de principIe that seeing TV as a simple transmitter of "facts" found in the social world, ar still, as a way of "manipulation" of this facts, means to ignore the fight for a better condition in the processes of distribution of the chances of power by part of the agents in the vehicle interior, this research aims a comprehension effort on the bounds established between the way trough which violence is represented on television and the agents individual paths, of whom notoriety was conquered from the exploration of the theme, in the interior of the processes of changing that are enrolled, according with their respective positions. I propose that the analysis of this differences in the forms of representing violence throughout time by this agents linked to the television field can point out more complex routs in arder for us to think a consensual issue related to the studies on the representation of violence in this vehicle, as well as in other media: the distortion between data generally accepted by the social sciences for the "objective" . painting of the criminality problem in the country and the way violence ends being represented in the media, that usually privileges the more dramatic traits of isolated cases linked to. Police occurrences
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Antropologia Social
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Stückemann, Elena. "Deadly Gun Violence : A Critical Discourse Analysis of Possible Ideological Influences on the Framing of a Mass Shooting." Thesis, Högskolan för lärande och kommunikation, Högskolan i Jönköping, HLK, Medie- och kommunikationsvetenskap, 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-40627.
Full textPetrunak, Denise. "Violence in Film: Narrative and Contextual Importance in Subjective Response." Honors in the Major Thesis, University of Central Florida, 2005. http://digital.library.ucf.edu/cdm/ref/collection/ETH/id/790.
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Meyer, Emily M. "Newspaper coverage of collateral intimate partner homicides." Diss., Connect to online resource - MSU authorized users, 2008.
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Brooks, Michael Christopher. "Press start : exploring the effects of violent video games on boys /." Digital version accessible at:, 1999. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/utexas/main.
Full textStaben, Julia L. "The Cartoon Effect: Rethinking Comic Violence in the Animated Children's Cartoon." Ohio University / OhioLINK, 2018. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1532695541735552.
Full textBonnes, Stephanie Marie. "Gender and racial stereotyping in rape coverage: an analysis of rape coverage in Grocott's Mail." Thesis, Rhodes University, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1002972.
Full textIsherwood, Jennifer. "VIOLENCE, NARRATIVE AND COMMUNITY AFTER 9/11: A READING OF IAN McEWAN’S SATURDAY." Bowling Green State University / OhioLINK, 2006. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1155763355.
Full textGarrison, Tara A. "Media Exposure and Social Response as Predictors of Citizen's Attitudes Toward Police." ScholarWorks, 2018. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/6027.
Full textSantos, Phillip. "Representing conflict: an analysis of The Chronicle's coverage of the Gukurahundi conflict in Zimbabwe between 1983 and 1986." Thesis, Rhodes University, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1002936.
Full textJones, Carol L. "Clinicians' Perceptions of North Carolina's 10-Year Primary Prevention Plan." ScholarWorks, 2016. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/2664.
Full textRomão, Davi Mamblona Marques. "Jornalismo policial: indústria cultural e violência." Universidade de São Paulo, 2013. http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/47/47131/tde-30072013-113910/.
Full textThis research analyzes and discusses how violence is presented by the television genre Police Journalism. For this analysis, we selected some editions of these programmes, to better comprehend the genres logic and outline its basic structure. This structure was then interpreted in light of fundamental concepts from Critical Theory, especially those of cultural industry, half-formation and false projection. The selected shows were: Brasil Urgente (TV Bandeirantes, São Paulo), Cidade Alerta and Balanço Geral (both broadcasted by TV Record São Paulo). A total of seven editions were watched and transcribed. An effort was then made to identify patterns in the mentioned shows, allowing us to better understand the basic structure of the Police Journalism genre. This procedure demonstrated that Police Journalism may be divided into three main categories, which appear recurrently in almost every news story. The first category refers to sensationalist resources used to capture and retain the viewers attention. The second category consists in conferring an appearance of credibility and authority to the worldview presented by the show. Finally, the third category is the actual worldview presented by Police Journalism. According to this worldview, Brazilian reality is extremely dangerous, we are at risk, and the source of the risk is bad people. These TV shows constantly reinforce the fear generated by the violence that surrounds us. As an answer to this, the enraged hosts cry out for stronger laws and more efficient policing. Beyond this, there are no deeper discussions about the violence problem. Based on the analysis of these shows, we have come to the conclusion that the structure of Police Journalism seems to cause at least two effects in its viewers: on one hand, viewers seem to be put in a position of conformity, through which the social system is protected and reinforced. On the other hand, the TV shows seem to fuel a paranoid relationship with the reality that surrounds us. The paranoid aspect of Police Journalism is related to the way it presents social reality. The narrative present in these shows builds a view of the world based on fear. A fear which, according to the shows, is the result of continuous exposure to people acting with malice, the criminals, identified as the cause of all evils featured on the show. Police Journalism builds, in much the same way as with paranoid delusions, a persecutory reality from which the individuals must protect themselves. At the same time, one particular social group in this case, the criminals - is chosen as escape goat, and the anger, originating from various socially generated frustrations, is directed at this group. The hatred present in these TV shows would indicate the need to attack this escape goat, being this an answer to the persecutory logic. Therefore, the TV shows themselves act as opportunities to express the very same anger they fueled in the first place. However, by partially satisfying its viewers, and diverting their attention from the true causes of their suffering, Police Journalism reinforces even more a conformist posture
Palmieri, Stephanie Jane. "Assessing Industry Ideologies: Representations of Gender, Sexuality, and Sexual Violence in the Book Versions and Film Adaptations of The Hunger Games Trilogy, The Divergent Trilogy, and The Vampire Academy Series." Diss., Temple University Libraries, 2016. http://cdm16002.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p245801coll10/id/416269.
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In this study, I use social constructionist feminist and queer theory and narrative analysis to identify messages about gender, sexuality, and sexual violence in both the book versions and film adaptations of The Hunger Games trilogy, the Divergent trilogy, and the Vampire Academy series. These three series are representative of a major pop culture trend in which young adult novels are not only popular and financially successful, but in which these types of novels are being adapted into major films. In this study, I demonstrate that the book and film series all generally privilege whiteness, able-bodiedness, and heterosexuality, and in doing so, these texts reproduce a narrow worldview and privilege normative ways of knowing and being. However, while the films strictly reinforce normative understandings of gender, sexuality, and sexual violence, each book series reimagines gender in important ways, disrupts normative scripts that denigrate women’s ownership over their sexuality, and represents sexual violence in graphic but not exploitative ways that portray the real life consequences and complexity of sexual violence. My analysis of these texts reveals that the book series employ a variety of mechanisms that empower the women protagonists including establishing their narrative agency and representing them as gender fluid, while the film series utilize a variety of mechanisms that both objectify and superficially empower women including an emphasis on women’s sexualized physical bodies especially in times of vulnerability, the pronunciation of “natural” sexual differences, and the strict regulation of women’s bodies by dominantly masculine men. I argue that the significant alteration of the books’ original messages are a product of logistical, historical, cultural, and economic elements of the film industry, which has continually constructed women’s roles in terms of their sexual availability, victimization, and need to be rescued by heroic men. In this study, I address the institutional imperatives of the film industry that dictate specific representations of gender, sexuality, and sexual violence, and I address what these representations might mean for audiences.
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McBrayer, William Daniel. "Let There Be War: Competing Narratives and the Perpetuation of Violence in Georgia." Ohio : Ohio University, 2009. http://www.ohiolink.edu/etd/view.cgi?ohiou1230892552.
Full textMachona, Gerald Ralph Tawanda. "Imagine/nation : mediating 'xenophobia' through visual and performance art." Thesis, Rhodes University, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1011106.
Full textMokgwathi, Kutlwano. "Situating Southern African Masculinities: A Multimodal Thematic Analysis of the Construction of Rape Culture and Cultured Violence in the Digital Age of #MenAreTrash & #AmINext?" Ohio University / OhioLINK, 2021. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1620124202447593.
Full textDewa, Nonhlanhla. "Interrogating gender constructions in the Daily Sun: an analysis of the coverage of the 'Charter for a Man' campaign against gender violence between November and December 2007." Thesis, Rhodes University, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1002879.
Full textMcLean, Nicolene Cindy. ""Rape and cable theft on the increase": interrogating Grocott's Mail coverage of rape through participatory action research." Thesis, Rhodes University, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1002921.
Full textRasmussen, Eric E. "Proactive vs. Reactive Parental Mediation: The Influence of Mediation’s Timing at Reducing Violent TV’s Effect on Children’s Aggression-related Outcomes." The Ohio State University, 2013. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1364468517.
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