LEADER 03416nam 22006013 450 001 9910595079803321 005 20250506080452.0 035 $a(CKB)5680000000080727 035 $a(oapen)https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/92032 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC31982605 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL31982605 035 $a(oapen)doab92032 035 $a(EXLCZ)995680000000080727 100 $a20250506d2022 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurmn|---annan 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aRepresentations of Child Sexual Abuse in Jamaica 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aBasel$d2022 210 1$aBasel :$cMDPI AG,$d2022. 210 4$dİ2022. 215 $a1 electronic resource (98 p.) 311 08$a3-0365-2467-3 311 08$a3-0365-2466-5 330 $aNews 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. 517 $aRepresentations of Child Sexual Abuse in Jamaica 606 $aHumanities$2bicssc 606 $aSocial interaction$2bicssc 610 $achild sexual abuse 610 $aJamaica 610 $anews media 610 $adiscourse 610 $acorpus analysis 615 7$aHumanities 615 7$aSocial interaction 700 $aKarpenko-Seccombe$b Tatyana$01330900 701 $aNelson$b Kenisha$01817531 701 $aFray$b Christine$01817532 701 $aHarvey$b Roxanne$01817533 701 $aPowell-Booth$b Karyl$01817534 701 $aJones$b Adele$01323770 701 $aWager$b Nadia$01817535 701 $aSheng$b Xiaomin$01817536 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910595079803321 996 $aRepresentations of Child Sexual Abuse in Jamaica$94375376 997 $aUNINA