ANROWS Horizons | June 2016
University of Melbourne University of Melbourne, Parkville VIC 3010
Media representations of violence against women and their children: Final report Quantitative analysis of news media’s reporting of violence against women and their children in Australia prepared by: Dr Georgina Sutherland, Centre for Mental Health, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, University of Melbourne Mr Angus McCormack, Centre for Mental Health, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, University of Melbourne Professor Jane Pirkis, Centre for Mental Health, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, University of Melbourne Dr Cathy Vaughan, Centre for Health Equity, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, University of Melbourne Qualitative analysis of news media’s reporting of violence against women and their children in Australia prepared by: Dr Michelle Dunne-Breen, Faulty of Arts and Design, University of Canberra Professor Patricia Easteal, Faculty of Business, Government and Law, University of Canberra Dr Kate Holland, Faulty of Arts and Design, University of Canberra Authors’ acknowledgement We would like to acknowledge those women and their families who may appear in this research report because their experiences of violence perpetrated against them have been the subject of media coverage. We have made every effort to reproduce and discuss media reporting of cases with care and sensitivity. We would also like to express our thanks to the contribution made by the coders, Ms Sarah Trent and Ms Jo Christo. Finally, the authors wish to acknowledge the financial and other support provided by ANROWS and Our Watch. This paper addresses ANROWS research project 2.2 “Media representations of violence against women and their children” which is a project jointly funded by Our Watch under the National Media Engagement Initiative. We extend our thanks to Dr Trishima Mitra-Kahn, Kristine Ziwica and the project advisory group for their invaluable advice and support Suggested citation: Sutherland, G., McCormack, A., Pirkis, J., Vaughan, C., Dunne-Breen, M., Easteal, P., & Holland, K. (2016). Media representations of violence against women and their children: Final report (ANROWS Horizons, 03/2016). Sydney: ANROWS. This work is part of the ANROWS Horizons series. ANROWS Horizons (Research reports) are in-depth reports on empirical research produced under ANROWS’s Research Program. This report addresses work covered in ANROWS research project 2.2 "Media representations of violence against women and their children". Please consult the ANROWS website for more information on this project. In addition to this paper, an ANROWS Compass is also available as part of this project.
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