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The News About Child Sexual Abuse: a Systematic Analysis of Reports in the South African English-language Press

Year: 2007

Type: article

Abstract: The extent and representativeness of child sexual abuse reporting in the South African English-language press were examined. Baseline data for the study comprised a complete record of all cases of child sexual abuse reported to the police in the North Durban Policing area (KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa) from January 2001 to December 2004, with newspaper reports of child sexual abuse being obtained from the 2004 online archives of a South African English-language newspaper. Study findings indicate that press coverage of child sexual abuse is negligible (i.e., an index of crime-news coverage of less than 1%), with the nature of cases covered by the press being largely representative of the types of cases reported to the police.

Source: Social Behavior and Personality An International Journal

DOI: 10.2224/sbp.2007.35.3.387

Authors: Nicole Corbella, Steven J. Collings

Institution: University of KwaZulu-Natal

Language: English

Topic: Media Studies and Communication

Subfield: Communication

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Peace, justice, and strong institutions

Open Access status: diamond

OpenAlex ID: W2009973673

FWCI: 2.525

Cites: 36

Cited by: 13

Related to: 10