National Repository of Grey Literature 1 records found  Search took 0.01 seconds. 
Victim blaming in public discussions: A case study of comments under news articles about cases involving sexual violence
Pešoutová, Tereza ; Fousek Krobová, Tereza (advisor) ; Lütke Notarp, Ulrike (referee)
Diploma thesis focuses on victim blaming and using rape myths in public discuissions of the news articles. Specifically it is focused on discussions of online media Seznam zprávy, Novinky and iDnes. In the theoretical part it represents the issue of sexual violence, victim blaming theories and the behavior of internet usersin discussions. Further it focuses on three specific cases related to sexual violence - cases of Dominik Feri, Jan Cimický and statement of the police chief Martin Vondrášek about fake rapes. Research part of diplomat theses examines a total of 4 890 comments from public discussions of the news media. Research maps the level of victim blaming and using rape myths. In each of the cases it takes into account specific aspects of a particular case. The results show, that the level of victim blaming in discussions is almost 36 percent. Rape myths are using by 38 percent of users. It follows further from the research, that debaters often downplay sexual violence. Semiotic analysis is devoted to sepcific myths used in discussions. In addition to rape myths, it also refer about other users assumptions, that have come up in the discussions. The theses deals in comments with phenomena such as racial pejudice of sexual violence ort the MeToo Movement. Together, it gives a comprehensive...

Interested in being notified about new results for this query?
Subscribe to the RSS feed.