Teenagers as victims in the press
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Summary, in English
Research into press reporting on young people has tended to concentrate on young people as offenders. In contrast, this article focuses on press coverage of teenagers as victims. Reports in two Swedish newspapers (a morning broadsheet and an evening tabloid) were studied over a period of four months and subjected to a qualitative analysis of discourse on teenagers as victims of various forms of violence and ill-treatment. It was found that danger and threats to the teenagers were seen as gendered, and as emanating from their own age group and from outside the home and family. The class background of the victims was not salient and child welfare issues were seldom mentioned.
Department/s
Publishing year
2007
Language
English
Pages
175-188
Publication/Series
Children & Society
Volume
21
Issue
3
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Document type
Journal article
Publisher
Wiley-Blackwell
Topic
- Social Work
Status
Published
Research group
- Den sociala barnavården
ISBN/ISSN/Other
- ISSN: 0951-0605