scholarly journals The post-truth phenomenon in coverage of the gender-based violence issue in Spain’s pandemic media space (on the material of ABC)

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 35-44
Author(s):  
Maria V. Simonova ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Modern Science ◽  
Gender Based Violence ◽  
State Of Emergency ◽  
Spanish Society ◽  
Modern Media ◽  
Media Space ◽  
Gender Based ◽  
Linguistic Methods ◽  
First Time ◽  
Official Data

The article is devoted to the phenomenon of post–truth in the modern media space, particularly in Spain. For the first time, the neologism “post-truth” was recorded in the explanatory dictionaries of the Spanish language in 2017. It was nominated for the “word of the year”. Interest in studying this phenomenon is growing every year as post-truth has become an integral part of the modern media space around the world. The phenomenon is widely studied in modern science. The research material for the article is the daily social and political newspaper ABC, which is considered one of the leading publications related to quality press in Spain. The author examines the phenomenon of post-truth on the material of newspaper publications devoted to the problem of violence against women during the state of emergency in Spain (from March 14 to June 21) due to COVID-19. The analysis of the published material in the newspaper (more than 250 articles) showed that journalists are actively using linguistic techniques of manipulative influence on the reader — exaggeration of facts or their distortion/inaccuracy, use of affective vocabulary, vivid and memorable phraseological units, epithets, comparisons, reference to unreliable sources and appeal to civil liability. All these linguistic methods contribute to the formation of a distorted picture of the actual situation in Spanish society regarding gender-based violence. The author revealed that the statistics in the newspaper do not correspond to the official data. All this testifies to the phenomenon of post-truth in the modern media space in Spain. The findings confirm that modern journalism plays on people’s emotions and feelings to attract the reader.

Sierra Leone may use COVID-19 to centralise control

2020 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Sierra Leone ◽  
Gender Based Violence ◽  
State Of Emergency ◽  
Content Type ◽  
States Of Emergency ◽  
Gender Based ◽  
One Year ◽  
National Emergency

Subject Sierra Leone's COVID-19 response. Significance Sierra Leone has recorded 35 confirmed COVID-19 cases, as of yesterday. President Julius Maada Bio last month declared a one-year state of emergency to help combat the COVID-19 outbreak. While states of emergency are not new in Sierra Leone, the latest is seen as part of a broader centralisation of control by Maada Bio’s government as it seeks to consolidate its power and stifle domestic opposition. Impacts A stalled 2-billion-dollar bridge to join the capital Freetown with Lungi airport will likely be put on hold or scrapped. Relations between Maada Bio and senior military officials will be strained if a former defence minister is prosecuted on treason charges. Fears will grow over a spike in gender-based violence; a ‘national emergency’ was declared over the crisis last year.

scholarly journals La normalización de la violencia de género en la adultez emergente a través del mito del amor romántico=The normalization of gender violence in emerging adulthood through the myth of romantic love

2020 ◽  
pp. 253
Author(s):  
Irene Bajo Pérez
Keyword(s):  
Emerging Adulthood ◽  
Social Problem ◽  
Qualitative Methodology ◽  
Romantic Love ◽  
Gender Violence ◽  
Specific Situation ◽  
Gender Based Violence ◽  
Spanish Society ◽  
Gender Based

<p><strong>Resumen</strong></p><p>En la sociedad española actual, la violencia de género sigue siendo un problema social muy importante. Además, existen diversos mecanismos que ayudan a que esta violencia se normalice, como es el caso del mito del amor romántico. Esta investigación analiza a través de la metodología cualitativa la situación concreta en la adultez emergente con la pretensión de analizar, a través de discurso de las personas entrevistadas, si el mito del amor romántico normaliza la violencia de género, cómo es el comienzo de estas relaciones y cuán de importante es la socialización y educación en este contexto.</p><p><strong>Abstract</strong></p><p>In current Spanish society, the gender-based violence is still a very important social problem. In addition, there are various mechanisms that help to normalize this violence, as is the case of the myth of romantic love. This research analyzes through the qualitative methodology the specific situation in emerging adulthood with the aim of analyzing, through the discourse of the interviewed people, if the myth of romantic love normalizes gender violence, how is the beginning of these relationships and how important is socialization and education in this context.</p>

scholarly journals A pianist and his musical instrument (on the example of Alexandre Tharaud’s works)

2021 ◽  
pp. 76-84
Author(s):  
Y. Voskoboinikov
Keyword(s):  
Classical Music ◽  
Comparative Method ◽  
Musical Instrument ◽  
Musical Instruments ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Important Place ◽  
Modern Media ◽  
Media Space ◽  
First Time ◽  
The Relationship

The relevance. The modern media space is full of musical experience of different cultures, which is embodied by musical instruments. Each of them with its uniqueness occupies the same important place on the stage as a composer, a piece of work and a performer. First, only by their appearance and name, and then by timbre, volume, range, musical instruments (solo or in an ensemble or orchestra) objectify the sound space, set the parameters of artistic communication. A musical instrument as an artifact exists in musical activity not as a certain thing, even exceptionally valuable, but, first of all, as a “mediator of use” (Voronin A. Myth of technology. Moscow: Nauka, 2004. P. 65). It is the process of its use that needs to be understood not only in broad historical and cultural contexts, but also in the scale of creative activity of one performer. The aim of the article is to try to use the example of the famous pianist Alexandre Tharaud (1968) to consider the process of understanding the “horizons” of his creative world through the selection and development of certain musical instruments, including pianos of modern production. Such a problematic prospect includes: on the one hand, the purely economic relationship between the musician and world brands and requires a definition of the artist-ambassador at the music market, on the other — highlights the performance search for reliable “mediators” for their own version of the music, new opportunities for dialogue with the historical past. The methodology. It is based on the comparative method, the application of the apparatus of organology in historical retrospect, as well as on the methodological approaches used by E. Nazaikinsky and A. Voronin. The results. The problem of the relationship between the piano firm and the performer was raised in the historical context. On the example of Alexandre Tharaud’s discography the modern mechanisms of the relationship between the piano firm and the performer were revealed. The topicality. It is the first time Alexandre Tharaud’s experience in media representation of piano products is summarized. It is the first time the piano works and performance in terms of instrumental resources involved in the Alexandre’s performance was analyzed. The practical significance. The material can be used in the educational process, as well as by professionals who are interested in this prospect for further study of the performance issue. The conclusions. Nowadays, pianists master a significant number of musical instruments. Guided by individual sound perceptions, they choose their priority brand. A professional performer is able to adjust the musical concept of the work in relation to the existing piano during the game. The performer adapts a piece of music to the instrument through a complex of feelings such as hearing, touch, sight, smell, and, emphasized by Alexandre Tharaud, the feeling of pain which is familiar to all performers. Alexandre Tharaud in his own music albums, represented not only the original performance versions of classical music, but also each time opened a new refraction of the sound spectrum of a particular piano company, through the original artistic and sound representation of each of the works. In the modern media space, Alexandre Tharaud has created a treasure trove of sound spectra of Steinway and Yamaha pianos, which combine such timbre capabilities that can meet the artistic needs of almost every artist.

Femicide and Criminal Law

2016 ◽  
Vol 8 (13) ◽  
pp. 66-89
Author(s):  
Farid Samir Benavides Vanegas
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Assault ◽  
Violence Against Women ◽  
Criminal Law ◽  
Gender Based Violence ◽  
Court Of Justice ◽  
The Supreme Court ◽  
Gender Based ◽  
First Time ◽  
Present Text ◽  
Relevant Factors

The crime of homicide is said to have an aggravating cir- cumstance when it is committed due to the “fact of be- ing a woman.” In Colombia, only until the 4th of March 2015, The Supreme Court of Justice, for the first time, addressed a case in which a penalty with an aggravating circumstance of this nature was imposed, establishing the relevant factors to constitute this type of crime. The present text analyses the crime of femicide within a wider context of violence against women just as the concepts of gender-based violence, violence against women and fi- nally, sexual assault and femicide; these concepts are ana- lyzed with the purpose of showing the different factors involved in this phenomenon. El delito de homicidio tiene una agravante que se configu- ra cuando el delito se comete por “el hecho de ser mujer”. En Colombia, solo hasta el 4 de marzo de 2015 la Corte Suprema de Justicia se ocupó por primera vez de un caso en el cual se daba aplicación a la agravante, y determinó los elementos que son importantes para su configuración. En este texto analizo el concepto de feminicidio dentro de un contexto más amplio de violencia contra la mujer, al igual que los conceptos de violencia de género, violencia contra la mujer y, finalmente, violencia sexual y feminici- dio, todo ello con el propósito de mostrar los diferentes elementos que están alrededor de este fenómeno. 

scholarly journals Married adolescents: An overview

2004 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nicole Haberland ◽  
Erica Chong ◽  
Hillary J. Bracken
Keyword(s):  
Reproductive Health ◽  
Health Risks ◽  
Social Vulnerability ◽  
Economic Resources ◽  
Early Marriage ◽  
Health Issues ◽  
Gender Based Violence ◽  
Gender Based ◽  
Stis And Hiv ◽  
First Time

The nascent work reviewed in this compendium indicates that married girls experience significant social isolation and limited autonomy. Across the studies examined, on indicators of mobility, exposure to media, and social networks, married girls are consistently disadvantaged compared to their unmarried peers. Similarly, across studies, on most of the domains explored here (mobility, decision-making, control over economic resources, and possibly gender-based violence), married girls tend to be less empowered and more isolated than slightly older married females. There may also be health issues associated with marriage during adolescence. Married girls are frequently at a disadvantage in terms of reproductive health information—particularly regarding STIs and HIV. First-time mothers, many of whom are adolescents, by virtue of their parity may have distinct maternal health needs and risks. Finally, early marriage potentially plays a role in exposing girls and young women to severe reproductive health risks, including HIV. Many of these elevated health risks may be largely, though not exclusively, derivative of their social vulnerability.

scholarly journals ‘Only the Bad Gyal could do this’: Rihanna, rape-revenge narratives and the cultural politics of white feminism

2017 ◽  
Vol 18 (3) ◽  
pp. 263-280 ◽  
Author(s):  
Debra Ferreday
Keyword(s):  
Film Theory ◽  
Affective Responses ◽  
Feminist Critique ◽  
Gender Based Violence ◽  
Feminist Film Theory ◽  
Feminist Film ◽  
Gender Based ◽  
First Time ◽  
Personal Trauma ◽  
Simplistic Model

In July 2015, Rihanna released a seven-minute long video for her new single, entitled ‘Bitch Better Have My Money’ (more widely known as ‘BBHMM’), the violent imagery in which would divide feminist media commentators for its representation of graphic and sexualised violence against a white couple. The resulting commentary would become the focus of much popular and academic feminist debate over the intersectional gendered and racialised politics of popular culture, in particular coming to define what has been termed ‘white feminism’. ‘BBHMM’ is not the first time Rihanna’s work has been considered in relation to these debates: not only has she herself been very publicly outed as a survivor of male violence, but she has previously dealt with themes of rape and revenge in an earlier video, 2010’s ‘Man Down’, and in her lyrics. In this article I explore the multiple and layered ways in which Rihanna, and by extension other female artists of colour, are produced by white feminism as both responsible for perpetrating gender-based violence, and as victims in need of rescue. The effect of such liberal feminist critique, I argue, is to hold black female artists responsible for a rape culture that continually subjects women of colour to symbolic and actual violence. In this context, the fantasy violence of ‘Man Down’ and to a greater extent ‘BBHMM’ dramatises the impossibility of ‘being paid what one is owed’ in a culture that produces women of colour’s bodies, morality and personal trauma as abjected objects of consumption. I read these two videos through the lens of feminist film theory in order to explore how such representations mobilise affective responses of shame, identification and complicity that are played out in feminist responses to her work, and how their attachment to a simplistic model of representation conceals and reproduces racialised relations of inequality.

scholarly journals News values as evaluation. Main naming practices in Violence Against Women news stories in contemporary Spanish newspapers: El País vs. El Mundo (2005-2010)

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 90-113
Author(s):  
José Santaemilia
Keyword(s):  
Critical Discourse Analysis ◽  
Violence Against Women ◽  
Corpus Linguistics ◽  
Gender Based Violence ◽  
News Values ◽  
Spanish Society ◽  
News Stories ◽  
Gender Based ◽  
Compare And Contrast ◽  
Naming Practices

Violence Against Women (VAW) is a very sensitive, and highly ideological, topic in the Spanish society, as well as in Western societies generally. In Spain, media accounts of VAW are very closely related to two quality newspapers, El País and El Mundo, providing a variety of naming practices for VAW, with differing ideological and evaluative implications. In this paper, I compare and contrast these two dailies in their use of the three main naming practices —violencia de género ‘gender-based violence’, violencia doméstica ‘domestic violence’ and violencia machista ‘male violence’— used in VAW news. To do so I resort to the news values approach proposed by Bednarek and Caple (2012, 2014, 2017), which involves paying attention to the combined insights from both Corpus Linguistics and Critical Discourse Analysis (cf. Baker et al. 2008, Partington et al. 2013).

scholarly journals Fear to Retaliation: The Most Frequent Reason for Not Helping Victims of Gender Violence

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Patricia Melgar ◽  
Gemma Geis ◽  
Ramon Flecha ◽  
Marta Soler
Keyword(s):  
Gender Violence ◽  
Gender Based Violence ◽  
Quantitative Evidence ◽  
Female Victims ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Victims Of Violence ◽  
Gender Based ◽  
First Time ◽  
Frequent Reason ◽  
Do So

When faced with situations of gender-based violence, one becomes exposed to risk in giving support to the victim (van Reemst, Fischer, & WC Zwirs, 2015, Hamby, Weber, Grych, & Banyard, 2016; Liebst, Heinskou & Ejbye-Ernst, 2018). This form of violence, second order of sexual harassment (SOSH), occurs when people who support victims of gender-based violence experience violence themselves because of this positioning (Vidu et al., 2017; Flecha, 2021). There is little research on the subject. Through a quantitative study carried out with 1541 Spaniards over 18 years of age, we provide, for the first time, quantitative evidence of the incidence of SOSH in the responses of people who have been aware of a situation of gender-based violence. Our results show that SOSH is an important obstacle; 40% of people who did not offer help in the case of gender-based violence did not do so for reasons that correspond to SOSH.We concluded that the fear of suffering SOSH can condition people’s reactions in the environment, thereby limiting the possibility of female victims of violence receiving help.

scholarly journals A man's role as a head, a burden or a blessing? An exploration of the African and Christian perspectives on the conventional role of a male person

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rev. Jacob Mokhutso
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
South African ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
African Culture ◽  
Gender Based Violence ◽  
High Unemployment Rate ◽  
Women And Children ◽  
Gender Based ◽  
First Time

In 2020, during a strict lockdown in South Africa, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the country experienced an increase in gender-based violence (hereafter, GBV) cases perpetrated by men. Similar incidents occurred in August 2021, declared a women’s month in South Africa, as a tribute to the over 20,000 women who marched to the Union Buildings on 9 August 1956 to protest against the extension of pass laws. Many scholars have tried to make sense of this, giving rise to diverse views about the causes of this phenomenon. Other scholars argue that men behave in this manner because of the high unemployment rate, as many businesses are struggling, due to a loss of revenue, as a result of COVID-19, and the government’s lockdown measures. Other perspectives from different quarters indicate that GBV is due to stress and many other mental conditions, as a South African dwindling economy has impacted on families and caused losses of jobs and businesses closing. This is not the first time that the country has experienced these high cases of GBV. Over the years, men have and continue to commit heinous crimes and abuse each other, as well as women and children. This raises a question: Is this violence not a reaction by men to their role as heads of families and their socialisation by the African culture and Christian religion that teaches men to be heads of their households? Secondary data methods were applied in this research. The research found that men are under enormous pressure to meet society’s expectations of them. That pressure has turned them into monsters who are not coping and instead kill themselves, their loved ones, or resort to violence.

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