Press coverage of sexual abuse by members of the Catholic Church in France (2016–2020)
Résumé
While sexual abuse by members of the Catholic Church is a topic of growing importance, and the subject of much work to understand its construction as a public problem, little research has attempted to analyse the press coverage of this phenomenon. This article focuses on French press coverage of sexual violence committed by Catholic Church members between 2016 and 2020, a period of intense coverage, and aims to grasp its causes and solutions as reported in the daily national press. Based on content analysis using an inductive framing grid that lists the causes and solutions reported by four major national daily newspapers, the study results reveal a tendency to highlight systemic causes, particularly the role played by the silence of the Church in the perpetuation of violence, while reporting extensively on individual cases. This reflects both the strong movement of recognition of the victims, as well as their driving role in the newspapers’ exposure of the phenomenon.
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Sciences de l'Homme et SociétéFormat du dépôt | Notice |
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Type de dépôt | Article dans une revue |
Titre |
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Press coverage of sexual abuse by members of the Catholic Church in France (2016–2020)
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Résumé |
en
While sexual abuse by members of the Catholic Church is a topic of growing importance, and the subject of much work to understand its construction as a public problem, little research has attempted to analyse the press coverage of this phenomenon. This article focuses on French press coverage of sexual violence committed by Catholic Church members between 2016 and 2020, a period of intense coverage, and aims to grasp its causes and solutions as reported in the daily national press. Based on content analysis using an inductive framing grid that lists the causes and solutions reported by four major national daily newspapers, the study results reveal a tendency to highlight systemic causes, particularly the role played by the silence of the Church in the perpetuation of violence, while reporting extensively on individual cases. This reflects both the strong movement of recognition of the victims, as well as their driving role in the newspapers’ exposure of the phenomenon.
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Auteur(s) |
Sophie Dubec
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, Céline Morin
2, 3
, Laëtitia Atlani-Duault
4
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IRMÉCCEN -
Institut de Recherche Médias, Cultures, Communication et Numérique
( 1063775 )
- Université Sorbonne Nouvelle
Maison de la Recherche
4, rue des Irlandais
75005 PARIS
- France
2
UPN -
Université Paris Nanterre
( 116205 )
- 200 avenue de la République - 92001 Nanterre cedex
- France
3
HAR -
Histoire des Arts et des Représentations
( 461349 )
- Université Paris Nanterre
200 avenue de la République
92001 NANTERRE
HAR, Galerie Colbert
bureaux 527-528
Institut national d’histoire de l’art
2 rue Vivienne
75001 Paris
- France
4
CEPED - UMR_D 196 -
Centre population et développement
( 1004841 )
- 45 rue des Saints-Pères
75006 Paris
- France
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Audience |
Internationale
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Vulgarisation |
Non
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Comité de lecture |
Oui
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Langue du document |
Anglais
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Nom de la revue |
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Date de publication |
2022
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Commentaire |
WOS:000891214300001
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Volume |
38
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Page/Identifiant |
398-414
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Numéro |
4
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Domaine(s) |
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DOI | 10.1177/02673231221142550 |
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