03416nam 22006013 450 991059507980332120250506080452.0(CKB)5680000000080727(oapen)https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/92032(MiAaPQ)EBC31982605(Au-PeEL)EBL31982605(oapen)doab92032(EXLCZ)99568000000008072720250506d2022 uy 0engurmn|---annantxtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierRepresentations of Child Sexual Abuse in Jamaica1st ed.Basel2022Basel :MDPI AG,2022.©2022.1 electronic resource (98 p.)3-0365-2467-3 3-0365-2466-5 News media shape public opinion on social issues such as child sexual abuse (CSA), using particular language to foreground, marginalize or legitimize certain viewpoints. Given the prevalence of CSA and the impact of violence against children in Jamaica, there is a need to examine the representation of children and their experience of violence in the news media, which remain the main source of information about such abuse for much of the population. The study aims to analyze accounts of CSA in Jamaican newspapers in order to show how different representations impact public understanding of CSA. This study offers a new perspective around child abuse by using an eight-million word corpus from articles over a three-year period (2018- 2020). The study argues that media reports often fail to conceptualise and represent accurately children who have experienced abuse. Representations of children are generic, their experiences often reduced to statistical summaries. Corpus analysis uncovered the use of terms which normalize sexual abuse. From the reader’s perspective, there was little emotional connection to the child or the child’s experience. The newspapers rarely report first-hand survivors’ experience of abuse, depriving these children of a voice. Instead, a marked preference is given to institutional voices. An issue of concern is a tendency to sensationalism with disproportionate attention given to cases involving celebrities. By exposing these problems, the authors hope that news media in Jamaica can play a more positive role in heightening awareness around child abuse and allowing the voices of victims/ survivors to be heard.Representations of Child Sexual Abuse in JamaicaHumanitiesbicsscSocial interactionbicsscchild sexual abuseJamaicanews mediadiscoursecorpus analysisHumanitiesSocial interactionKarpenko-Seccombe Tatyana1330900Nelson Kenisha1817531Fray Christine1817532Harvey Roxanne1817533Powell-Booth Karyl1817534Jones Adele1323770Wager Nadia1817535Sheng Xiaomin1817536MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910595079803321Representations of Child Sexual Abuse in Jamaica4375376UNINA