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Case by case: news coverage of child sexual abuse Lori Dorfmann, Pamela Mejia, Andrew Cheyne and Priscilla Gonzalez

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Issue. 19 Publication details: Berkeley, CA.: Berkeley Media Studies Group, 2012Description: 21 p.: computer file, PDF formatSubject(s): Online resources: Summary: To understand how child sexual abuse is covered in mdia, the researchers selected a representative sample of U.S. news, then coded the content in detail. The overwhelming majority of articles (236, or 91%) focused on one or more specific child sexual abuse incidents. The remaining 24 pieces reported on a general theme relating to child sexual abuse (such as the stranger danger misconception), but did not include details of a specific incident.
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To understand how child sexual abuse is covered in mdia, the researchers selected a representative sample of U.S. news, then coded the content in detail. The overwhelming majority of articles (236, or 91%) focused on one or more specific child sexual abuse incidents. The remaining 24 pieces reported on a general theme relating to child sexual abuse (such as the stranger danger misconception), but did not include details of a specific incident.