Media Sensitivity Towards Cybercrimes Against Women

Subhanil Banerjee and Anukriti Singh

Indian Journal of Gender Studies, 2021, vol. 28, issue 3, 453-461

Abstract: Retrieving reports of cybercrimes against women in two daily newspapers, the Times of India and the Hindu in the years 2014–2016 and taking a ratio of the same against the total number of cybercrimes in the same period reported by the National Crime Records Bureau, we have developed a simple media sensitivity index of cybercrimes against women. Considering the paucity of similar studies, this may reveal a new area of research which might also help to develop a more apt media sensitivity index, applicable to a range of crimes. Further, it may help to identify the thrust of media reports towards particular types of crimes as well as facilitate the measurement of media sensitivity to different crime genres.

Keywords: Cybercrime; media sensitivity index; crimes against women; National Crime Records Bureau (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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DOI: 10.1177/09715215211030543

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