Gender in the Media -- 1. A string of stranger sexual assaults : the construction of an orthodox account of rape / Sharon Fraser -- 2. Women who work as prostitutes : the sex trade and trading in labels / Anne Derrick - 3. Domestic terrorism : the news and the incomplete record of violence against women / Debi Forsyth-Smith -- Distortion in the media - 4. The Mount Cashel Orphanage inquiry : the inscription of child abuse / Gary Kinsman - 5. AIDS fiends and high-risk groups : misrepresenting and signifying an disease / Eric Smith - 6. The Halifax race riot : extralocality and racism in the news / Joe Mannette -- The law and the media -- 7. Crime rates and crime fear : portraying crime out of control / Paul MacDonald -- 8. Crime stoppers and the police : the ideological construction of community / Tony Thompson -- 9. Lawyers and serial killers : sensationalism in the press / Darrel Pink -- 10. The Westray mine explosion : covering a disaster and a failed inquiry / Deborah Woolway -- Conclusion -- Bibliography
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-234)
