Media Advocacy to Prevent Violence Against Women

July 19, 2006

Host: David Lee, Prevention Connection

Presenters: Larry Cohen, Lisa Fujie Parks, Greta Tubbesing, Prevention Institute

Guest: Tammy Lemmer, Michigan Coalition Against Domestic and Sexual Violence

This session highlights strategies to address the media in shifting social norms to prevent violence against women.

Learning Objectives

• Develop a basic understand of media advocacy for preventing violence against women with a focus on the news media.
• Explore opportunities for media advocacy in local communities to prevent violence against women.
• Experiment with the use of technology to facilitate dialogue and learning.

Materials:

• Presentation Slides PDF
• Audio Transcript PDF
• Text Chat of Session PDF
• Working with the Media: A Toolkit for Service Providers, from Michigan Coalition Against Domestic and Sexual Violence – PDF
• Reporting Sexual Assault: A Guide for Journalists, from Michigan Coalition Against Domestic and Sexual Violence – PDF

Recommended Additional Resources
These are materials recommended during the web conference.

• Meyers, Marian, News Coverage of Violence Against Women: Engendering Blame, Thousand Oaks, California: Sage Publications, 1997
• Benedict, Helen, Virgin or Vamp: How the Press Covers Sex Crimes, Oxford University Press, 1992
• Berkeley Media Studies Group, http://www.bmsg.org
  The Reporting on Violence materials have sections on intimate partner abuse. http://www.bmsg.org/pub-papers.php#violenceHandbook
• Rhode Island Coalition Against Domestic Violence has a guidebook for journalists that is in publication. Information is available from Karen Jeffeys, Director of Communications, http://www.ricadv.org, 401-467-9940.