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Bringing together 14 journalism scholars from around the world, this edited collection addresses the deficit of coverage of violence against women in the Global South by examining the role of the legacy press and social media that report on and highlight ways to improve reporting. Authors investigate the ontological limitations which present structural and systemic challenges for journalists who report on the normalization of violence against women in country cases in Argentina; Brazil; Mexico; Indonesia; Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa; Egypt; Libya, Syria, and Yemen. Challenges include patriarchal forces; gender imbalance in newsrooms; propaganda and censorship strategies by repressive, hyper-masculine, and populist political regimes; economic and digital inequities; and civil and transnational wars. Presenting diverse conceptual, methodological, and empirical chapters, the collection offers a revision of existing frameworks and guidelines and aims to promote more gender-sensitive, trauma-informed, solutions-driven, and victim or survivor centered reporting in the region.
List of contents
Chapter 1. Reporting on violence against women in the Global South.- Part-I South Asia.- Chapter 2. Indonesian female journalists and gender activism in the #MeToo era: From #MulaiBicara and #TalkAboutIt.- Part-II Latin America.- Chapter 3. #NiUnaMenos: the story of a tweet that revolutionized feminism and changed how media cover violence against women in Argentina.- Chapter 4. The judge and the influencer: Race, gender and class in Brazilian news coverage of violence against women.- Chapter 5. Moving beyond the protest paradigm: News coverage of International Women's Day marches in Mexico.- Part-III Sub-Saharan Africa.- Chapter 6. Reporting on rape culture in sub-Saharan Africa during the #MeToo era.- Part-IV North Africa and the Middle East.- Chapter 7. Egypt's #MeToo moment: Using social media to help address violence against women in Egypt.- Chapter 8. Online activism in contexts of war: Is there a #MeToo echo in Libya, Syria, and Yemen?.-Chapter 9. Shifting the news narrative about violence against women in the Global South.
About the author
Andrea Baker, senior lecturer in Journalism, Monash University, Australia.
Celeste González de Bustamante, Associate Dean for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion and Professor of Journalism and Media, The University of Texas at Austin.
Jeannine E. Relly, Professor in the School of Journalism, The University of Arizona, USA.
