Media Coverage of Femicides in Mexico. Heterogeneity and Variation

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Published: Jul 4, 2020
DOI: https://doi.org/10.22201/fcpys.24484911e.2020.29.70633

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María Grisel Salazar Rebolledo
Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas (CIDE)
Paulina de la Garza Castro
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM)

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How does the Mexican press cover femicides? News frames have a significant effect in how individuals conceive and interpret public issues. Previous findings indicate that predominantly femicides are portraited by the press as isolated events, blaming the victim, justifying the perpetrator and resorting to police officers as the main sources. Most of these patterns have been confirmed for Mexican case, but a generalized use of these frames remains contested. In this study, we aim to identify the news frames for two cases of femicide distinguishing among three elements of variation: newspapers, cases and time. Empirical evidence comes from 172 journalistic notes published by four Mexican newspapers between May and November 2017. Our results contribute to reject the idea of generalized news framing, by suggesting a research agenda that focuses on the differences in habits, practices, routines and values.

 

 

 

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Salazar Rebolledo, M. G., & de la Garza Castro, P. (2020). Media Coverage of Femicides in Mexico. Heterogeneity and Variation. Revista Mexicana De Opinión Pública, (29), 111–125. https://doi.org/10.22201/fcpys.24484911e.2020.29.70633

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María Grisel Salazar Rebolledo, Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas (CIDE)

PhD in public policy from the Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas (cide). Master’s in political science from the Universidad de Salamanca, Spain, and a graduated in politics and public administration from El Colegio de México. She is a professor of the Journalism Program at the Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas (cide), and a researcher at the Transparency University Seminar of the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (unam). She is a member of the Network for Freedom of Expression against Violence against Communicators and the team for Mexico of the global study Worlds of Journalism. Since 2018, she has been part of the National System of Researchers (sni).

maria.salazar@cide.edu

Paulina de la Garza Castro, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM)

Graduated in political science and public administration from the Facultad de Ciencias Políticas y Sociales of  the unam. She has specialized in media issues and gender violence, and has participated in different research projects related to the state of journalism in Mexico. Her main research interests are gender studies and public policy.

paudelagrza@politicas.unam.mx

 

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