- Title
- Media portrayal of gender based violence: a perception study in Uitenhage, Eastern Cape South Africa 2
- Creator
- Oladimeji Olawumi Kate https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6577-0140
- Subject
- Abused women
- Subject
- Mass media -- Eastern Cape -- South Africa
- Subject
- Mass media criticism -- Eastern Cape -- South Africa
- Date
- 2018
- Type
- Doctoral theses
- Type
- text
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10353/19476
- Identifier
- vital:43131
- Description
- Gender based violence (GBV) has become a global menace. The prevalence of this violence against women and children in South Africa reveals that the country is plagued by this horror called GBV. According to the South African police crime statistics, with regards to sexual offences, the SAPS reported 64 419 (2012), 66 197 (2014), 62 226 (2013) and 53 617 (2015) cases. A government survey conducted revealed that men were the main perpetrators of this violence. For example, 76 percent of men in Gauteng, 48 percent in Limpopo and 41 percent in KwaZulu-Natal admitted to perpetrating GBV. These alarming statistics calls for the attention of the media. The media is known to be a powerful tool of influence, however in the process, the media has been criticised to portray violence in ways which can have varying effect on the behaviour of those exposed to it. This study was therefore conducted to investigate the perception of the residents of Uitenhage on the media‘s portrayal of gender based violence against women and children. The mixed method of research was used to obtain data from the participants and respondents which were residents of Uitenhage, in the Eastern Cape, South Africa. Non-probability sampling in the form of purposive sampling was used to select the focus group participants while probability sampling in the form of simple random probability sampling was used to select the respondents with whom the questionnaires were administered to. Quantitative data analysis for questionnaires was done using descriptive statistics and findings were presented in form of tables and pie charts while qualitative data analysis for the focus group discussions was done using thematic analysis. A final sample of 257 valid responses were analysed, representing 80 percent response rate, three focus group discussions were also analysed. The study revealed that all the participants and respondents are exposed to more than one medium of mass communication, however participants and respondents opined that the media has both positive and negative effect on different individuals. The study also demonstrated that there is an association between people‘s exposure to the media and their violent behaviour which is attributed to the messages conveyed by the media. The study recommends amongst others that the media should take a more proactive approach to the issue of VAW.
- Description
- Thesis (PhD) (Communication) -- University of Fort Hare, 2018
- Format
- computer
- Format
- online resource
- Format
- application/pdf
- Format
- 1 online resource (257 leaves)
- Format
- Publisher
- University of Fort Hare
- Publisher
- Faculty of Social Sciences
- Language
- English
- Rights
- University of Fort Hare
- Rights
- All Rights Reserved
- Rights
- Open Access
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