Abstract:Li Yang's perpetration of domestic violence has been a case on which media has provided continuing, massive and concentrated reporting over the past year. In between, there was other gender-based violence incidents that were reported and that sent shock waves across society, including Zhou Yan who disfigured the female partner's face with acid and the "timid husband". This paper raises a few issues with the reports of Li Yang's perpetration of domestic violence and the reporting of other 'hot' cases, in order to identify how "disempowerment" and "empowerment" have been reflected in the media reports. It draws on the experience of the Network against Domestic Violence with monitoring media reporting on gender-based violence to engage media in promoting women's empowerment.
冯媛. 去权和赋权——对李阳家暴报道和媒体呈现性别暴力的辨析和思考[J]. 妇女研究论丛, 2013, 0(3): 49-55.
FENG Yuan. Disempowerment and Empowerment: Reports on Li Yang's Perpetration of Domestic Violence and Media Representations of All Gender-based Violence. , 2013, 0(3): 49-55.