This methodological study deploys hybrid techniques to investigate how femicide is framed in media. Results are consistent with ISTAT data and with the literature, and also offer novel insights. We find a tendency of not holding offenders accountable; that most femicides are perpetrated by men that victims know well; and that mediatic discourse around such crimes increases in certain circumstances and moments of the year. The analysis of the docu-fiction Amore Criminale reveals that metaphors are frequently used to sketch the participants’ socio- psychological portraits. Iconic speech and gestures are frequently employed by interviewees to report and mime episodes of violence.
Questo studio propone un metodo ibrido per indagare la rappresentazione linguistica del femminicidio nei media italiani. I risultati sono coerenti con i dati ISTAT e con la letteratura, e offrono nuovi spunti di riflessione. Si riscontra: una tendenza a deresponsabilizzare i colpevoli; che la maggior parte dei delitti sono compiuti da uomini vicini a esse; e che su tali delitti i media si concentrano in specifiche circostanze e momenti dell’anno. L’analisi sulla docu-fiction Amore Criminale rivela che per delineare ritratti sociopsicologici di vittime e carnefici si impiegano metafore, mentre per descrivere/mimare episodi di violenza si impiegano strategie iconiche.
LUCIA BUSSO, CLAUDIA ROBERTA COMBEI, OTTAVIA TORDINI (2020). The mediatization of femicide: a corpus-based study on the representation of gendered violence in Italian media. L'ANALISI LINGUISTICA E LETTERARIA, XXVIII(3), 29-48.
The mediatization of femicide: a corpus-based study on the representation of gendered violence in Italian media
CLAUDIA ROBERTA COMBEI;
2020
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This methodological study deploys hybrid techniques to investigate how femicide is framed in media. Results are consistent with ISTAT data and with the literature, and also offer novel insights. We find a tendency of not holding offenders accountable; that most femicides are perpetrated by men that victims know well; and that mediatic discourse around such crimes increases in certain circumstances and moments of the year. The analysis of the docu-fiction Amore Criminale reveals that metaphors are frequently used to sketch the participants’ socio- psychological portraits. Iconic speech and gestures are frequently employed by interviewees to report and mime episodes of violence.File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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