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Knowing Her Name: The Framing of Sexual Assault Victims and Assailants in News Media Headlines

Webb, Tessa D
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1592171139720739

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2020, MA, University of Cincinnati, Arts and Sciences: Communication.
Abstract: By examining how attribution of responsibility is constructed by public opinion, this research determines the discrepancy in the presence of the victim and their sexual assailant in news media headlines. This research is based in the theoretical framework of framing, which will be used to evaluate how electronic news media sources portray these stories and the ways in which they possibly alter truth through agenda setting and priming. Rape myths grow within our society through repetition, so the theoretical basis of the cumulative and cognitive-transactional model of media effects will be utilized in order to focus on the consonance and repetition of themes and messages that occur across media content. A content analysis will examine the ways in which electronic news media headlines are more likely to utilize language of support and use more description for the sexual assailant, as opposed to their victim. Content analyzed will include electronic news media headlines related to the Stanford sexual assault trial.
Nancy Jennings, Ph.D. (Committee Chair)
Omotayo Banjo, Ph.D. (Committee Member)
Ronald Jackson II, Ph.D. (Committee Member)
50 p.
Communication
news sources; headlines; sexual assault; framing; content analysis; rape myths

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  • Webb, T. D. (2020). Knowing Her Name: The Framing of Sexual Assault Victims and Assailants in News Media Headlines [Master's thesis, University of Cincinnati]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1592171139720739

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Webb, Tessa. Knowing Her Name: The Framing of Sexual Assault Victims and Assailants in News Media Headlines. 2020. University of Cincinnati, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1592171139720739.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Webb, Tessa. "Knowing Her Name: The Framing of Sexual Assault Victims and Assailants in News Media Headlines." Master's thesis, University of Cincinnati, 2020. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1592171139720739

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