Football and Sexual Crime, from the Courtroom to the Newsroom
Transforming Narratives
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Beschreibung
This book interrogates the process of court reporting on rape and other sexual crime cases involving Australian footballers. At the intersection of sport, gender, media and the law, it uncovers the story behind rape myths and stereotypes in media. This book analyses newspaper reporting alongside transcripts of the trials they represent and interviews with the journalists themselves. Waterhouse-Watson’s work maps structural factors within newsrooms, and the complex relationship between the judiciary and media, that affect the practice of court reporting. This book approaches key journalism concepts like objectivity and balance critically, illustrating the layers of mediation that surround a complainant’s testimony; the way sport shapes the meaning of courtroom and media narratives in these cases; and the tension between racism and sexism when race is thematised or otherwise highlighted. Ultimately, the book proposes an ethics of court reporting that protects individual complainants, aswell as advancing public understandings of the crime.
This book interrogates the process of court reporting on rape and other sexual crime cases involving Australian footballers. At the intersection of sport, gender, media and the law, it uncovers the story behind rape myths and stereotypes in media. This book analyses newspaper reporting alongside transcripts of the trials they represent and interviews with the journalists themselves. Waterhouse-Watson’s work maps structural factors within newsrooms, and the complex relationship between the judiciary and media, that affect the practice of court reporting. This book approaches key journalism concepts like objectivity and balance critically, illustrating the layers of mediation that surround a complainant’s testimony; the way sport shapes the meaning of courtroom and media narratives in these cases; and the tension between racism and sexism when race is thematised or otherwise highlighted. Ultimately, the book proposes an ethics of court reporting that protects individual complainants, aswell as advancing public understandings of the crime.
Examines the process of court reporting from multiple angles, analysing trial transcripts and newspaper reporting and drawing on the perspectives of journalists Develops a framework for ethical representation of sexual crime in the news media Demonstrates how gendered myths about sexual violence are evoked and navigated in the courtroom and newsroom
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Deb Waterhouse-Watson
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“Waterhouse-Watson offers powerful insights into how familiar, gendered myths about sexual assault and rape are evoked and navigated by reporters and newsrooms. Her significant contribution is highly recommended for journalism practitioners and researchers who want to help make news coverage of sexual assault more constructive for complainants and communities, and more representative of the crime.” (Lisa Waller, Professor of Digital Communication, RMIT University, Australia)
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