RT Article
T1 The Mediated Portrayal of Intimate Partner Violence in True Crime Podcasts: Strangulation, Isolation, Threats of Violence, and Coercive Control
JF Violence against women
VO 28
IS 6/7
SP 1659
OP 1683
A1 Slakoff, Danielle C.
LA English
YR 2022
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1796953458
AB In this directed qualitative content analysis of four season-long true crime podcasts, the researcher examined how different types of intimate partner violence (IPV) were portrayed. Across the podcasts, controlling behaviors, emotional abuse, and coercive control were commonly depicted. Physical violence was not the most common form of abuse depicted, but it was presented in sensationalistic ways—with a pointed focus on strangulation and bruising. Overall, the podcasts provided a much more realistic portrayal of IPV at the individual level than traditional news sources, yet did not go far enough in describing the societal conditions that permit abuse.
K1 emotional abuse
K1 Strangulation
K1 Coercive Control
K1 Intimate Partner Violence
K1 True crime
DO 10.1177/10778012211019055