As binge-watching and streaming lead to increasing amounts of content and screen time, understanding how domestic violence and abuse is portrayed in popular culture and its impact on DVA in our society is more important than ever. Amid current international attention on sexual harassment, abuse and exploitation initiated by the #MeToo movement, this collection demonstrates how networked communication is influencing activism, both online and in the real-world.
The term gendered DVA recognises the wider gender inequality underpinning DVA, and intersecting inequalities such as race, social class, sexuality, age and disability. International contributors from Europe, the USA and Australia examine how DVA is represented in different media forms comprising film, television, newspapers, digital and social media, and TED lectures. The collection examines intimate partner abuse, child abuse, grooming and sexual exploitation, elder abuse and neglect, and abuse in LGBT relationships. Authors also analyse policy changes in relation to DVA, both progressive and regressive, together with topics such as moral panic in the media and trial by media.
An in-depth and wide-ranging resource, this collection will be a valuable text for health and social care professionals, researchers, academics, undergraduate and postgraduate students, and people with lived experience of DVA.

About the Author
Shulamit Ramon is Professor of Social Inclusion and Well-Being at the University of Hertfordshire, UK. Her research interests include empowering people experiencing domestic violence, media representation, mental health recovery, refugees and migrants, and shared decision making.
Michele Lloyd is an Independent Researcher. Her research interests include gender-based violence, inequality, neoliberal ideology, poverty, and multimedia communication.
Bridget Penhale is a Reader in Mental Health of Older People at the University of East Anglia (UEA), UK. Her research interests include elder abuse, adult safeguarding and domestic violence.

Reviews

The book's interesting collection of chapters illustrates the many ways that the media compounds gendered domestic violence and abuse, as well as the ways it can be helpful in empowering victims/survivors, holding authorities to account, and changing perceptions and practice. There are some important messages for social work research and practice.

-- Ann Taket * Affilia: Feminist Inquiry in Social Work *

This book highlights the magnitude of DVA globally but also offers hope that change can be brought about through influencing, shaping and reframing popular culture.

-- Nushra Mansuri



Book Information
ISBN 9781838677824
Author Shulamit Ramon
Format Hardback
Page Count 256
Imprint Emerald Publishing Limited
Publisher Emerald Publishing Limited
Weight(grams) 484g