Motherhood in the media : infanticide, journalism, and the digital age / Barbara Barnett.

"This book examines contemporary media stories about women who kill their children. By analyzing media texts, motherhood blogs, and journalistic interviews, the book seeks to understand better maternal violence and the factors that lead women to harm their children. The central thesis of this book i...

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Main Author: Barnett, Barbara (Author)
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Routledge, 2016.
Series:Routledge research in cultural and media studies ; 84.
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Physical Description:224 pages ; 24 cm.
Format: Book

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505 0 |a Introduction: murdering mothers: from tragic to hot -- Child murders: a global, historical perspective of an enduring practice -- The media landscape: changing values, changing content -- Mom slays tot: film at 11 -- The famous and the infamous: how the media construct celebrity "monster" moms -- The storytellers' stories -- New media, new stories? Mothers use social media -- Epilogue: why do women kill their children - and is there anything we can do about it? 
520 |a "This book examines contemporary media stories about women who kill their children. By analyzing media texts, motherhood blogs, and journalistic interviews, the book seeks to understand better maternal violence and the factors that lead women to harm their children. The central thesis of this book is that media practices have changed dramatically during the past 50 years, as has society’s views on "appropriate" feminine behavior, yet definitions of characteristics of good mothers remain largely defined by 1950s sitcoms, Victorian ideals, and Christian theology. The book contends that in spite of media saturation in American society, and the media’s increased opportunities to tell complex and nuanced stories, news media narratives continue to situate maternal violence as rare, unfathomable, and unpredictable. The news media’s shift in focus—from public service to profit-making industry—has encouraged superficial coverage of maternal violence as reporters look for stories that sell, not stories that explain. Motherhood blogs, in contrast, offer an opportunity for women to tell their own stories about motherhood, based on experience. Interviews with journalists offer insights into how the structure of their jobs dictates media coverage of this intimate form of violence"--Publisher's website. 
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