News Coverage of Sex Trafficking in the US: The Portrayal of Sex Traffickers

dc.contributor.advisorCarpenter, Kathieen_US
dc.contributor.authorTa, Nganen_US
dc.date.accessioned2014-10-17T16:12:27Z
dc.date.available2014-10-17T16:12:27Z
dc.date.issued2014-10-17
dc.description.abstractThis thesis is a content analysis of news about sex trafficking published in the US from 2001 to 2013. The focus of the research is the portrayal of sex traffickers in the news. The project discovered that in the news, the public image of sex traffickers is overwhelmingly people of color who are described to be violent, deceptive and forcible. In addition, sex traffickers are portrayed to make sense of the simplistic representation of powerless female trafficking victims. The portrayal of sex traffickers in the news is simplistic and is driven by the state's response to sex trafficking: punishment of sex traffickers.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1794/18497
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherUniversity of Oregonen_US
dc.rightsAll Rights Reserved.en_US
dc.subjectHuman traffickersen_US
dc.subjectHuman traffickingen_US
dc.subjectNewsen_US
dc.subjectSex traffickersen_US
dc.subjectSex traffickingen_US
dc.subjectTraffickeren_US
dc.titleNews Coverage of Sex Trafficking in the US: The Portrayal of Sex Traffickersen_US
dc.typeElectronic Thesis or Dissertationen_US
thesis.degree.disciplineDepartment of International Studiesen_US
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of Oregonen_US
thesis.degree.levelmastersen_US
thesis.degree.nameM.A.en_US

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