Domestic Violence and Women: A Critical Analysis of US Help & Support Websites and Traditional News Media Representation

<p>This paper critically examines the ways in which US government organizations that provide help for domestic violence victims and traditional news media, specifically <em>The New York Times</em>, communicate the various factors of domestic violence and its victims. The author provides a focused literature review of gender, sexism, race, power, and voice, related to the idea of domestic violence in the US society and culture today. The literature review also demonstrates the need to investigate this issue as represented through mediated forums in the backdrop of the 2016 Trump Presidential campaign. The analysis reveals that communication about domestic violence encompasses the larger cultural undertones propagated during the 2016 Presidential election - those of sexism, racism, and exclusionary practices against certain ethnicities and religions.</p>

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Interdisciplinary Studies

Level thesis:degree_level

Thesis

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Multi-Disciplinary Program

Year dc:date.available

2018

Author dc:creator

• Oswald, Jessica Lammon

Contributors dc:contributor

• Dr. Sudeshna Roy
• Dr. Joyce Johnston
• Dr. Cindy Davis

• Dometic Violence
• Women
• US Websites
• Traditional News Representation
• Critical and Cultural Studies
• Domestic and Intimate Partner Violence
• Gender, Race, Sexuality, and Ethnicity in Communication
• Organizational Communication
• Social Influence and Political Communication

Repository record dc:identifier

https://scholarworks.sfasu.edu/etds/180

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:scholarworks.sfasu.edu:etds-1194