Media Coverage of Sexual Violence Against Women and Children

Women and Media: International Perspectives

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 13-38

  Kitzinger, Jenny ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Media coverage; Negative journalism; Rape; Sexual exploitation of women; Wife beating

Indexed keywords

EID: 84889280886     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470776421.ch2     Document Type: Chapter

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