Date of Award
2023
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Arts (M.A.)
Department
Communication
First Advisor
Teresa Bergman
First Committee Member
Qingwen Dong
Second Committee Member
Margaret Bennett
Abstract
The problematic portrayals of rape investigations in televised media reify a culture ofvictim blaming and perpetuate an ideology that is harmful to victims and survivors. This thesis utilizes a feminist rhetorical critique to analyze the gender and socioeconomic representations of rape victims and rape investigators, in the Netflix limit series Unbelievable, to understand the problems in their portrayals. In a world where individuals are consuming media constantly, it is important to be critical of media representations because even seemingly progressive media representations may perpetuate harmful stereotypes.
Pages
56
Recommended Citation
Hutchison, Kelly N.. (2023). Analyzing Media Representations of Rape Investigations and Interrogating the Representation of Victim Blaming and Rape Myths: A Feminist Rhetorical Critique on the Netflix Limited Series Unbelievable. University of the Pacific, Thesis. https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/uop_etds/4254
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