ABSTRACT

The framing of child sex abuse in media has previously been examined to uncover the potential ways news media could influence public perception about the issue. This mixed methods analysis of the Larry Nassar sex abuse scandal involving USA gymnastics and Michigan State University, grounded in the principles of framing theory, examines the patterns in coverage, as well as the episodic and thematic frames evident in the coverage of the scandal and its victims. Findings fall in line with past research on child sex abuse; framing is done primarily at the episodic level, focusing on the individual responsible, detailed accounts of the abuse of the victims, and isolating the instances of abuse to the specific organizations, while ignoring the broader themes of prevention and societal impacts. Implications for framing, attitudes toward girls and women in sport, and implications for abuse in sport are discussed.

摘要

以前已经研究了媒体对儿童性虐待的定性，以发现新闻媒体可能影响公众对该问题的看法的潜在方式。基于框架理论的原理，对涉及美国体操队和密歇根州立大学的拉里·纳萨尔性虐待丑闻进行的这种混合方法分析，考察了报道的模式以及丑闻及其报道中明显的情节和主题框架受害者。研究结果与以往对儿童性虐待的研究相吻合；框架的建立主要是在情节层面上进行的，重点是对受害者的虐待负责任的详细情况，将虐待的情况与特定组织隔离开来，而忽略了更广泛的预防和社会影响主题。对框架的影响，