Hopkins, Susan 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1781-2382
(2022)
Of monsters, mothers and murders: fear, loathing and 'Aussie true crime' in tabloid women’s magazines.
Journal of Criminal Justice and Popular Culture, 22 (2).
pp. 64-76.
Abstract
This article combines Entman’s approach to media frames and Creed’s concept of the monstrous-feminine in a critical, close, textual analysis of the ways in which Australian women’s magazines frame murder crimes and female criminality. Using recent case studies of crime features and special issues within Australian tabloid women’s magazines, this study examines the selection and arrangement of textual features, especially sensationalistic attention-arresting headlines and visual elements, which over-emphasise and misrepresent feminized and maternal aspects of violent 'true' crimes. I argue that female offenders are constructed here in tabloid narratives, intended for female audiences, as one- dimensional hate objects, or dehumanised, monstrous 'Others'.
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| Item Type: | Article (Commonwealth Reporting Category C) |
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| Refereed: | Yes |
| Item Status: | Live Archive |
| Additional Information: | Files associated with this item cannot be displayed due to copyright restrictions. |
| Faculty/School / Institute/Centre: | Current - USQ College (8 Jun 2020 -) |
| Faculty/School / Institute/Centre: | Current - USQ College (8 Jun 2020 -) |
| Date Deposited: | 09 May 2022 02:27 |
| Last Modified: | 12 May 2022 05:36 |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | true crime, women’s magazines, media frames, monstrous-feminine |
| Fields of Research (2020): | 47 LANGUAGE, COMMUNICATION AND CULTURE > 4701 Communication and media studies > 470107 Media studies |
| Socio-Economic Objectives (2020): | 13 CULTURE AND SOCIETY > 1302 Communication > 130204 The media |
| URI: | http://eprints.usq.edu.au/id/eprint/48290 |
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