Date of Award
10-25-2022
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Sociology, MA
First Advisor
Sarah Kendig
Committee Members
Della Winter; Sandra Combs
Call Number
LD 251 .A566t 2022 H39
Abstract
In this study I focus on whether the media has any effect on victim-blaming in the universities setting. I looked particularly at Ivy league universities due to their prestige. I focus on how they handled the assault, the language used by the media for the perpetrator and the survivor. In this study the university that I studied were Duke University, Vanderbilt University, and Stanford University. I used a critical content to analysis to find emerging themes throughout national newspapers, The New York Times and USA Today. I also looked at the student newspaper for each university. My findings concluded that the media framed the stories in favor of the perpetrator giving them a certain credibility While, they framed their language to dehumanize the survivor.
Rights Management
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
Recommended Citation
Hays, Chelsea Cheyenne, "University Media Coverage of Rape Cases and Its Contribution to Victim Blaming" (2022). Student Theses and Dissertations. 228.
https://arch.astate.edu/all-etd/228
