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Betty Jane Cataldi

Bio: Betty Jane Cataldi is an academic researcher from Ohio State University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Visual arts education & Discourse analysis. The author has an hindex of 1, co-authored 1 publications receiving 4 citations.

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TL;DR: This paper examined how sex and gender shape media discourses of the sexual offender and victim that are mobilized in the legislative debate on Megan's Law, and found that high-profile media images of sexual offenders and victims are disproportionately associated with sexual violence.
Abstract: Sexual violence remains a pervasive and persistent social problem In 1996, Congress enacted Megan’s Law, dictating mandatory community notification and potential civil commitment for those deemed by the State to be dangerous sexual offenders In 2013, Megan’s Law continues to influence the treatment of sexual offenders under law and the social construction of a highly publicized, yet statistically rare, sexual crime – the rape and murder of a young female child by a depraved male stranger This influence highlights the extent to which this personalized crime bill shapes the social construction of sexual violence in terms of sex and gender systems This paper examines how sex and gender shape media discourses of the sexual offender and victim that are mobilized in the legislative debate on Megan’s Law Drawing on theoretical ideas from cultural studies and feminist legal scholarship, we employ discourse analysis to analyze the legislative debate on Megan’s Law We find that high-profile media images of se

19 citations

01 Jan 2018
TL;DR: This article argued that bullying prevention and intervention mainly relies on individualized approaches, leaving power relations and social oppression in the larger society unproblematized, and raised the possibility that educators might help create spaces for students to be governed less.
Abstract: This study asks how school bullying is conceptualized in current anti-bullying policies in Ontario. Policy documents PPM 144 (Bullying Prevention and Intervention, 2012), PPM 145 (Progressive Discipline and Promoting Positive Student Behaviour, 2012), and the Model Plan (the Working Draft: Safe and Accepting Schools Model Bullying Prevention and Intervention Plan, 2013) are examined. Drawing upon concepts from Foucault, this study expresses how disciplinary techniques operate in anti-bullying policies and how they contribute to the formation of dominant discourses on bullying. It argues that school bullying is represented as an individual problem in these policies. Accordingly, bullying prevention and intervention mainly relies on individualized approaches, leaving power relations and social oppression in the larger society unproblematized. This study raises the possibility that educators might help create spaces for students to “be governed less” (Dahlberg & Moss, 2005, p. 141) by these discourses.

6 citations

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04 Oct 2017
TL;DR: This article examined the symbiotic relationship between national discourse and the family being the smallest unit of a nation and found that the relationship between discourse and family is dialectical, which calls for consciousness on the part of every individual in the family, the media and the nation at large, especially in how national discourses are triggered.
Abstract: National discourse can be described as any conversation that permeates the generality of a nation. Being the most basic unit of a nation, the centrality of the family to the continuous existence of a nation cannot be overemphasised. This centrality is reflected in how the national discourse of a nation descends to the family, and how events in the family can trigger a national discourse. Predicated on the discourse theory, and using the discourse analysis method to examine purposively selected cases that underpinned national discourses in Nigeria and the United States, the paper examined the symbiotic relationship between national discourse and the family being the smallest unit of a nation. It was discovered that the relationship between national discourse and the family is dialectical, which calls for consciousness on the part of every individual in the family, the media and the nation at large, especially in how national discourses are triggered.

5 citations