Citation

Hernández M. Violence Against Women 2018; 24(12): 1454-1473.

Affiliation

City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2018, SAGE Publishing)

DOI

10.1177/1077801217738581

PMID

29332528

Abstract

A frame analysis was conducted on a Hong Kong newspaper to determine whether news coverage of female fatalities at the hands of their intimate partners was reported in conventional domestic violence ways or if there were culture-specific explanations. Overall, most coverage supported known views of domestic violence, justifying the perpetrator and categorizing the issue as isolated crime. However, a few stories highlighted the historical subordination of women under patriarchy in Confucianism as an important cultural factor.

FINDINGS have implications for the lack of generalization of the social problem, and the understanding of cultural and political power in Hong Kong society.

Language: en

Keywords

China; Confucianism; Hong Kong; domestic violence; framing analysis