Publicação
Infância «em perigo», infância «perigosa»: as crianças como sujeitos e objetos de delinquência e crime nas notícias
| Resumo: | Crimes against children are committed daily just as children daily commit acts qualified as crime under criminal law. These are not new social phenomena; there has been always delinquency and crime in societies and in all social groups with only the forms varying in how these social problems become visible over time. This article seeks to analyze, identify and understand the role media play in the social construction of these issues regarding children as subjects and objects of delinquency and crime in the news, in addition to how its visibility is built up among public opinion. We emphasize the need to deconstruct the stereotypical images of an “at risk” childhood vs. a "dangerous" childhood, and we discuss some of the main constraints identified in news reporting these matters. |
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| Autores principais: | Carvalho, Maria João Leote de |
| Assunto: | Infância Delinquência Crime Media Imprensa Notícias Childhood Delinquency Crime Media Press News |
| Ano: | 2012 |
| País: | Portugal |
| Tipo de documento: | artigo |
| Tipo de acesso: | unknown |
| Instituição associada: | Universidade Católica Portuguesa |
| Idioma: | português |
| Origem: | Comunicação & Cultura |
| Resumo: | Crimes against children are committed daily just as children daily commit acts qualified as crime under criminal law. These are not new social phenomena; there has been always delinquency and crime in societies and in all social groups with only the forms varying in how these social problems become visible over time. This article seeks to analyze, identify and understand the role media play in the social construction of these issues regarding children as subjects and objects of delinquency and crime in the news, in addition to how its visibility is built up among public opinion. We emphasize the need to deconstruct the stereotypical images of an “at risk” childhood vs. a "dangerous" childhood, and we discuss some of the main constraints identified in news reporting these matters. |
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