Framing the Victim: Domestic Violence, Media, and Social Problems

by Nancy S. Berns

Overview

"Whether you are drawn to this book because of an interest in media, social problems, or domestic violence, reading it will help you better understand the impact media stories have on our perceptions of social problems." That is how Nancy Berns introduces her book. It is a work that unabashedly examines not only domestic violence, but also the larger picture of how politics and processes shape our responses to social problems. Framing the Victim also distinguishes serious research from media, which promote entertainment, empowerment, and drama.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780202307411
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	01/30/2004
Series:	Social Problems & Social Issues
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	204
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)
Age Range:	18 Years

Table of Contents

1: Zooming In (and Out) on Social Problems; 2: The Landscape of Domestic Violence and the Public’s Narrow Picture; 3: “I Get My Experience from the Media”: Using Media to Understand Social Problems; 4: Women’s Magazines: The Victim Empowerment Frame; 5: Social Problems As Inspiration, Entertainment, and Emotion: Women’s Magazines and Other Entertainment Media; 6: Men’s and Conservative Political Magazines: The Antifeminist Frame; 7: Liberal Political Magazines: The Social Justice Frame; 8: Framing the Victim; 9: In Search of a New Social Problem about Violence