Defining Sexual Misconduct: Power, Media, and #Metoo

by Stacey Hannem and Christopher J Schneider

Defining Sexual Misconduct investigates shifts in media coverage of sexual violence and details significant changes in public discourse about sexual harm. In 2015, the New York Times ran just a single headline with the term "sexual misconduct." Three years later, it ran scores of such headlines, averaging more than one per week, and expanded coverage across other media organizations followed. This shift in coverage is reflective of significant changes...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0889778701
• ISBN13: 9780889778702
• Release Date: May 2022
• Publisher: University of Regina Press
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 1.34 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"