Covering violence against women and girls on the border: Comparing news from Texas and Mexico

• Mensa, Marta ^[1] ; Everbach , Tracy ^[1] ; Nisbett, Gwendelyn S. ^[1]
  1. [1] University of North Texas

     University of North Texas

     Estados Unidos

     
• Localización: Revista de comunicación, ISSN 1684-0933, ISSN-e 2227-1465, Vol. 24, Nº. 1, 2025, págs. 303-319
• Idioma: inglés
• DOI: 10.26441/RC24.1-2025-3649
• Títulos paralelos:
  • Cubriendo la violencia contra mujeres y niñas en la frontera: Comparación de noticias de Texas y México
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  • español

    Este estudio investiga la violencia contra mujeres y niñas (VAWG) a lo largo de la frontera entre Texas y México a través de la cobertura de noticias en cuatro periódicos: MyRGV en McAllen (Texas), El Paso Times en El Paso (Texas), El Mañana de Reynosa en Tamaulipas (México), y El Heraldo de Juárez en Ciudad Juárez (México). Se emplea un enfoque de métodos mixtos, realizando análisis cuantitativo de contenido y análisis cualitativo de encuadres. Los hallazgos revelan que los periódicos mexicanos eligieron principalmente publicar historias sobre asesinatos como el principal delito contra mujeres y niñas, mientras que los periódicos de Texas se enfocaron en la violencia sexual. Los periódicos mexicanos cubrieron la VCMN relacionándola con la inmigración, y los periódicos de Texas no. Las periodistas en México a menudo conectaron los crímenes con los traumas psicológicos y esto es ausente en los periódicos de Texas. Los periódicos de Texas emplearon un encuadre episódico y culpabilización de la víctima, mientras que los periódicos mexicanos enmarcaron las historias en apoyo a la víctima. Los periódicos de Texas no distinguieron los crímenes contra mujeres de otros crímenes, mientras que los periódicos mexicanos utilizaron el término 'feminicidio' y trataron los crímenes contra mujeres y niños como específicos de género y edad.

  • English

    This study investigates violence against women and girls (VAWG) along the Texas-Mexico border through the lens of the news published in newspapers: MyRGV in McAllen (Texas), the El Paso Times in El Paso (Texas), El Mañana de Reynosa in Tamaulipas (Mexico), and El Heraldo de Juárez in Ciudad Juárez (Mexico). It employs a mixed-method approach, conducting quantitative content analysis and qualitative framing analysis. The findings reveal that Mexican newspapers primarily chose to publish stories about murder as the main crime against women and girls, while Texas newspapers focused on sexual violence. Mexican newspapers also covered immigration-related VAWG. Female journalists in Mexico often connected crimes with psychological trauma. Texas newspapers employed episodic framing and victim-blaming, whereas Mexican newspapers framed stories in a victim-supporting manner. Texas newspapers did not distinguish crimes against women from other crimes, whereas Mexican newspapers used the term 'femicide' and treated crimes against women and children as gender- and age-specific.

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