Media representations of femicide. A systematic review of literature in English and Spanish

Research on media representations of gender-based violence GBV murders from multiple social contexts is available, but no literature review study. This work assesses this gap by examining 213 studies that analysed empirical evidence from 45 countries. Our mixed methodology provides a mapping of the literature in a scientific and transparent process. Our results show that the representation depends on the media type and not the country. The most analysed are news, finding victim-blaming, perpetrator-justification, and otherization narratives, but these were also found in other media. Social media, literature, and artistic materials help increase the visibility of activists and victims, can convey the context of GBV help to social awareness, or reproduce stereotypes that minimize, naturalize, and legitimize GBV.

现有针对多社会语境下基于性别暴力（Gender-Based Violence, GBV）凶杀案的媒体表征相关研究，但尚未有相关综述类研究。本研究通过检视45个国家的213项实证分析类研究，填补了这一研究空白。本研究采用混合研究方法，以科学且透明的流程完成了该领域文献的系统梳理与图谱绘制。研究结果表明，媒体表征差异取决于媒体类型而非所属国家。其中被分析最多的媒体类型为新闻媒体，研究发现其中存在受害者指责、加害者合理化及他者化叙事，但此类叙事同样见于其他媒体类型中。社交媒体、文学作品及艺术创作载体，既能够提升活动家与受害者的公众能见度，阐释基于性别暴力的相关语境以助力社会认知提升，也可能会复制那些弱化、常态化并合理化基于性别暴力的刻板印象。