Citation

Carratalá A. Rev. Lat. Comun. Soc. 2016; 71: 40-65.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2016, Universidad de La Laguna)

DOI

10.4185/RLCS-2016-1083en

PMID

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Abstract

Introduction. Spanish media have covered several cases of violence in same-sex couples in recent years. Reporting on this phenomenon raises questions about how to approach a reality that had remained hidden until recently.

METHOD. The aim of this article is to analyse the content of the news stories about same-sex domestic violence published by various Spanish newspapers between 2010 and 2015.

RESULTS. The results indicate that, while journalists have improved the treatment of gender-based violence, the news coverage of violence in gay couples exhibits similar features to those that characterised the news coverage of violence against women during the early years.

CONCLUSIONS. The episodic and sensationalist coverage, as well as the categorisation of cases of violence in same-sex couples as crimes of passion show that intra-gender violence is not addressed, for the time being, as a social problem but rather as a private matter.

Keywords
News; press; same-sex domestic violence; homosexuality; social problems

Language: en