Constructions of masculinity and violence in a popular daily tabloid newspaper.

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dc.contributor.authorMatoushaya, Fadzai
dc.date.accessioned2013-05-22T10:51:43Z
dc.date.available2013-05-22T10:51:43Z
dc.date.issued2013-05-22
dc.description.abstractThe research was premised on the notion that gender is a social construct that is inextricably linked with masculinity and violence. This view of gender was used in an attempt to understand how masculinity and violence are constructed in the tabloid newspaper, the Daily Sun. The research used a discourse analysis, specifically looking at the various subject positions that are afforded to both men and women in this publication and how such positions foreclose other ways of thinking about and understanding gendered violence. The data set consisted of 23 information rich articles that were selected through the use of a purposeful sampling strategy. Results suggest while the Daily Sun positions itself as a medium that aims to ‘educate’ men (particularly working class men) against committing gendered violence, the Daily Sun may serve to reinforce the system of patriarchy that it claims to want to dismantle. In particular, the report highlights the problematic nature and implications of providing individual psychological explanations for gendered violence without acknowledging the contextual issues that are at play.en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10539/12730
dc.language.isoenen_ZA
dc.subject.lcshMasculinity--South Africa.
dc.subject.lcshViolence--South Africa--Psychological aspects.
dc.subject.lcshViolence--Press coverage--South Africa.
dc.titleConstructions of masculinity and violence in a popular daily tabloid newspaper.en_ZA
dc.typeThesisen_ZA
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