Framing the victim : domestic violence, media, and social problems / Nancy Berns.

Author: Berns, Nancy.

Imprint:Hawthorne, N.Y. : Aldine de Gruyter, c2004.

Descriptionx, 194 p. ; 24 cm.

Note:Zooming in (and out) on social problems -- The landscape of domestic violence and the public's narrow picture -- "I get my experience from the media" : using media to understand social problems -- Women's magazines : the victim empowerment frame -- Social problems as inspiration, entertainment, and emotion : women's magazines and other entertainment media -- Men's and conservative political magazines : the antifeminist frame -- Liberal political magazines : the social justice frame -- Framing the victim -- In search of a new social problem about violence.

Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (p. 179-190) and index.

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