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Author Sobel, Meghan, author

Title Sex trafficking and the media : perspectives from the United States and Thailand / Meghan Sobel
Published London ; New York, NY : Routledge/Taylor & Francis Group, 2018

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Description 1 online resource
Series Media, Culture and Social Change in Asia Series
Media, culture, and social change in Asia series.
Contents Sex trafficking, human rights, and the role of news media -- Thai and American political and media landscapes -- Differences in sex trafficking between Thailand and the U.S. -- Media framing of sex trafficking in Thailand and the U.S. -- Relationships between journalists, activists, and survivors in Thailand and the resulting journalistic practices -- Relationships between journalists, activists, and survivors in the U.S. and the resulting journalistic practices -- Conclusion and looking forward : recommendations for improving coverage in varying political landscapes
Summary "Explores how sex trafficking has been reported in the media. The book is set in the context of reportage of this human rights abuse in two varying political landscapes--the United States being a developed democracy and Thailand experiencing continued political turmoil including a May 2014 coup d'état and an accompanying crackdown on free expression by the ruling military junta. In doing so, the book shows how there are great similarities between the two countries in the way the issue is misrepresented. Drawing on content analysis of news coverage in the United States and Thailand as well as interviews with journalists, anti-trafficking advocates, survivors of sex trafficking and consensual sex workers, this book illuminates reasons why coverage is framed in the way(s) that it is, how anti-trafficking advocates can act as media advocates to push coverage in new directions, and how journalistic functions are similar and different in the two countries"-- Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Description based on print version record
Subject Human trafficking -- Press coverage -- Thailand
Human trafficking -- Press coverage -- United States
Mass media and crime -- Thailand
Mass media and crime -- United States
Mass media and sex -- Thailand
Mass media and sex -- United States
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Cultural Policy.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Popular Culture.
Mass media and crime
Mass media and sex
Thailand
United States
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2020691169
ISBN 9781315226590
1315226596
9781351850599
1351850598
9781351850605
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9781351850582
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