Do you know a study examining media bias in reporting on female disaster victims more often or more specifically than male on victims?

shit-zen-giggles · 2023-08-23T11:38:07+00:00

also check /r/Male_Studies and /r/mensrightslinks

Fearless-File-3625 · 2023-08-23T19:01:06+00:00

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ggleblanc2 · 2023-08-23T12:10:46+00:00

It wouldn't be hard to conduct your own study. Survey selected media for a year and count the number of headlines that report on disasters emphasizing female victims.

You would have to define what a "disaster" is for the purpose of your study.

Recursive_Cat · 2023-08-23T12:35:40+00:00

Not specifically on male victims per se.. but topics concerning "missing white women" vs everyone else.. most research does briefly touch upon men.

You can also explore media vs military actions, particularly in the way female vets injured in combat have been portrayed vs males.

As to disaster victims specifically, the bias is often given to mothers with children under ten. Some might label it as trauma porn in the way it's sensationalized to appeal to the greater public. . . it tends to affect younger and older generations more.

Where you'll see more stories on male disaster victims is usually played out to highlight stupidity; i.e. storm chasers, accidental deaths, darwin awards - essentially narratives of why they deserved to die because of their alleged stupidity or other biases that fall outside the immediate culture and it's stigma against some activities, demographics and/or toxic misandry.

you could pair this up with that other post on how few have empathy of male child soldiers, heck child workers and other human trafficking victims. . . as if even acknowledging them as 'victims' somehow takes away from the larger campaigns for girls and women.

Title	Do you know a study examining media bias in reporting on female disaster victims more often or more specifically than male on victims?
Author	griii2
Upvotes	11
Comments	6
Date	August 23, 2023 10:54 AM UTC (2 years ago)
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