@article{Lee_2020, title={Newspaper Coverage of Sexual Assaults in South Korea: Before and after #MeToo Movement}, volume={3}, url={https://tiikmpublishing.com/proceedings/index.php/fow/article/view/612}, DOI={10.17501/26028646.2020.3101}, abstractNote={<p><span class="fontstyle0">This study explores differences in South Korean newspaper coverage related to cases of<br>sexual assault on females before and after the #MeToo movement. To this end, a content analysis<br>was conducted to examine the framing of newspaper coverage of sexual assault by politicians in<br>2014 and 2018. In total, 755 news stories were analysed, revealing 10 times increase in the number<br>of articles dealing with sexual violence cases after the #MeToo movement. In addition, it was found<br>that the number of newspaper articles representing the voices of women who were victims of sexual<br>assault or representing the position of women’s organizations calling for social change and the<br>protection of women’s rights increased significantly after the #MeToo movement. In particular, a<br>significant increase in newspaper coverage discussing problems with the legal system and calling for<br>an urgent improvement to its dealings with sexual assault cases was found. Despite the #MeToo<br>movement, however, the examined newspaper coverage still used an episodic frame more often than<br>a thematic one in dealing with sexual violence against women and the articles still contained many<br>provocative words, such as ‘adultery’ and ‘infidelity’, aimed at arousing readers’ curiosity and<br>interest</span><span class="fontstyle2">.</span></p>}, number={1}, journal={Proceedings of the International Conference on Future of Women}, author={Lee, Jooyeon}, year={2020}, month={Jul.}, pages={1–11} }