September 25, 2015 · Cavalier Daily

Inadequate sexual assault coverage

This opinion columnist reacts to the results of an Association of American Universities survey that indicated that over 20% of female college students have been sexually assaulted. She discusses the Rolling Stone article as an example of confirmation bias, which readers are more likely to believe because it confirms their suspicions about rape culture at UVA.. Furthermore, she advocates a transparent, empirically precise, anti-sensationalist approach to journalism that covers issues of sexual assault.

Subject	College student newspapers and periodicals Feminism and mass media Interviewing in journalism Rape in mass media
Creator	Julia Fisher
Publisher	Cavalier Daily
Date	2015-09-25

URL	http://www.cavalierdaily.com/article/2015/09/fisher-sexual-assault-uva

Tags	national media, student publications
Date Added	June 3, 2016
Date Modifed	July 20, 2016
Collection	Cavalier Daily: articles about sexual violence

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