Media narratives about intimate partner femicide in Portugal

Authors

  • Ariana Pinto Correia University of Oporto, Faculty of Psychology and Education Sciences https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8432-6790
  • Sofia Neves University of Maia – ISMAI

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14195/2183-5462_39_12

Keywords:

femicide, intimacy, Portugal, press

Abstract

This investigation paper intends to characterise intimate partner femicide (IPF) in Portugal, in the attempted and consummated form, starting from media narratives analysis published in portuguese newspapers Correio da Manhã (CM) and Público (P), between 2000 and 2017. The analysis corpus, consisting of 853 news, corresponds to 644 IPF cases. Departing from a triangulated data analysis, a clear distinction from both newspapers has emerged in its form and content, accentuated in the last decade. Therefore, while CM tends to narrate the crimes as passionated and imprevisible, associated with jealousy and the non-acceptance of the separation, appealing to parallel narratives that exonerates the perpetrator, P tends to present the crime in a contextualized way. This mediatic polarization, besides disconected from Istambul Convention (2011),  contributes to a skewed social construction of IPF, with effects not only in public opinion, but in intimate partner violence victims and offenders.

Keywords: Femicide, intimacy, Portugal, media.

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Published

2021-12-14

How to Cite

Correia, A., & Neves, S. . (2021). Media narratives about intimate partner femicide in Portugal. Media & Jornalismo, 21(39), 229-245. https://doi.org/10.14195/2183-5462_39_12

Issue

Vol. 21 No. 39 (2021): Journalism in contemporary history

Section

Varia

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