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Showing 1 to 4 of 4 for “"Media Construction"”.
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Memorial Laws: Social and Media Construction of Personalized Legislation, 1994-2005
… legislation typically arises from the social and media construction of the victim as female, under the age of 18 years, and Caucasian. Furthermore, Memorial Laws tend to be enacted in states where the legislature skews liberal and the political culture tends to be individualistic rather than …
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Exploring the gap between media and practice: a feminist analysis of media representations and practitioner perspectives on sexual exploitation of girls and young women
This thesis explores media representations about ‘child sexual exploitation’ (CSE) and the ‘practice-based evidence’ of specialist practitioners from a feminist perspective. It considers how gender, power and other systems of social oppression relate to CSE. The study was conducted in two phases. …
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What are the differences between how the social classes are portrayed in the News Media in regards to the drinking culture in Britain today?
There exists a discrepancy between how the news media portrays the drinking habits of the lower classes namely the 'underclass' and the working class, compared with the middle class and celebrity culture in Britain today. Using critical discourse analysis this research explores why the social …
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Sexting as Moral Panic: An Exploratory Study into the Media's Construction of Sexting
… constructed moral panic. Central to a social construction of moral panic perspective is the role the media plays in creating the panic. The purpose of this exploratory study was to make sense of the phenomenon of sexting by analyzing media reports for indication that sexting was constructed by …