Big Data Techniques to Study the Impact of Gender-Based Violence in the Spanish News Media

• Authors: Hugo J. Bello , Nora Palomar-Ciria , Elisa Gallego , Lourdes Jiménez Navascués , Celia Lozano

Abstracts

EN

Despite being an underreported topic in the news media, gender-based violence (GBV) undermines the health, dignity, security and autonomy of its victims. Research has studied many of the factors that generate or maintain this kind of violence. However, the influence of the media is still uncertain. This paper used Big Data techniques to explore how GBV is depicted and reported in digital news media. By feeding neural networks with news, the topic information associated with each article can be recovered. Our findings show a relationship between GBV news and public awareness, the effect of well-known GBV cases, and the intrinsic thematic relationship of GBV news with justice themes.

Keywords

EN

big data; domestic violence; gender-based violence; media; news

• Publisher: Polskie Towarzystwo Komunikacji Społecznej
• Journal: Central European Journal of Communication
• Year: 2023
• Volume: 16
• Issue: 1(33)
• Pages: 101-116

Dates

published

2023

Contributors

author

Hugo J. Bello

• University of Valladolid

• https://orcid.org/0000000236871938

author

Nora Palomar-Ciria

• Complejo Asistencial de Soria

• https://orcid.org/0000000222933106

author

Elisa Gallego

• the Carlos III Health Institute in Madrid

• https://orcid.org/000000025323587X

author

Lourdes Jiménez Navascués

• University of Valladolid

• https://orcid.org/0000000278015398

author

Celia Lozano

• AI Department, Bosonit

• https://orcid.org/0000000158301154

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Identifiers

DOI

10.51480/1899-5101.16.1(33).6

Biblioteka Nauki

16648183