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Contents:

	Acknowledgements (p. vii)
	Chapter 1 Introduction (p. 1)
		Football and Sexual Crime in Australia (p. 3)
		The Project (p. 5)
		The Case (p. 7)
			Brett Stewart (p. 7 )
			Andrew Lovett (p. 8)
			Stephen Milne (p. 8)
			Blake Ferguson (p. 9)
			Majak Daw (p. 10)
		References (p. 12)
	Chapter 2 The Media and the Law, an Uneasy Relationship (p. 15)
		The Australian Legal System: An Introduction (p. 17)
			Sexual Crime Laws in Australia (p. 19)
		The Media and the Law: Open Justice and the Right to a Fair Trial (p. 21)
			Are Victorian Courts ‘Suppression Order-Happy’? (p. 24)
			Sexual Crime Proceedings: ‘Vulnerable Witnesses’ and Vulnerable Perpetrators (p. 27)
		Balance: Workloads and the ‘Body of Work’ (p. 31)
			‘Unbalanced and Ill-Informed Criticism’ of Judicial Decision-Making (p. 34)
		‘Listening to One Half of the Telephone Conversation’ (p. 36)
		‘Misrepresenting’ the Courts: Sensationalising and Focusing on the Unusual (p. 39)
		Court Reporting in the Digital Era: A Double-Edged Sword (p. 42)
		Trust (p. 49)
		The Toll of Vicarious Trauma (p. 52)
		Conclusion (p. 52)
		References (p. 56)
	Chapter 3 The Ethics of Court Reporting: Storytelling in the Courtroom and Newsroom (p. 61)
		A Narrative Theory for Court Reporting (p. 62)
			Becoming Evidence of Guilt or Innocence (p. 66)
		The Ethics of Court Reporting (p. 69)
			Ethical Approaches to Covering Sexual Crime—Reporters’ Perspective (p. 71)
		The Brett Stewart Trial (p. 77)
			Someone Has to be Guilty: Framing, Character, and the Narrative ‘Point’ (p. 78)
		Can a Woman with a Mental Illness Not be Raped? And Other Myths (p. 84)
		Conclusion (p. 87)
		References (p. 88)
	Chapter 4 (Re)Telling the Complainant’s Story (p. 93)
		Piecing Together the Story (p. 96)
		Framing the Complainant (p. 99)
		Context and Stereotyping: The ‘groupie’ and the ‘party girl’ (p. 101)
		Violence, but Also Sex (p. 105)
			The ‘Promiscuous’ or Attention-seeking Complainant (p. 109)
		When ‘Balance’ Swings Towards the Defence (p. 111)
		Marginalising and Co-opting (p. 116)
			(The Official Story—in the Words of Lawyers (p. 119)
			We Can All Agree That She Was Not Irrational (p. 124)
		(Re-)Centring the Complainant (p. 127)
		Conclusion (p. 130)
		References (p. 135)
	Chapter 5 When Football Enters the Courtroom (p. 139)
		The Transcendence of Football (p. 141)
			Football as a Sign of Morality (p. 143)
		I Know Him—He’s a Footballer (p. 149)
		Yes, but What Were the Footballers Doing, and What Does It Mean for My Club? (p. 153)
		Who Is the ‘Real’ Victim? (p. 158)
			Not the End of the World—Or a Career (p. 164)
			Protecting the Game (p. 166)
		Conclusion (p. 167)
		References (p. 170)
	Chapter 6 The (In)Visibility of Race (p. 175)
		Race and Sexual Violence Scholarship: Repeating Sexist Representations (p. 177)
		Race and Sport in Australia (p. 181)
		A Victim of Rape or a Victim of Racism? The Case of Andrew Lovett (p. 184)
			Playing the ‘Race Card’ Card: Race Trumps Gender (p. 192)
			An ‘Own Goal’? Racist Stereotypes from the Defence (p. 194)
		Drunken, Irresponsible Child: Blake Ferguson (p. 196)
		Multicultural Ambassador v. Sudanese Criminal: Majak Daw (p. 202)
		Conclusion (p. 208)
		References (p. 209)
	Chapter 7 Conclusion: Breaking the Cycle (p. 217)
		An Intersectional Ethics of Representation (p. 218)
		Summary of Key Recommendations(p. 221)
			In the Courtroom (p. 222)
			In the Newsroom (p. 222)
			In the Classroom (p. 223)
			In the Classroom (p. 223)
		Off the Sports Field (p. 224)
		Coda: Sexism in the Newsroom (p. 224)
		References (p. 225)
	Appendix: Methodology (p. 227)
	Index (p. 229)

Description: » This book interrogates the process of court reporting on rape and other sexual crime cases involving Australian footballers. At the intersection of sport, gender, media and the law, it uncovers the story behind rape myths and stereotypes in media. This book analyses newspaper reporting alongside transcripts of the trials they represent and interviews with the journalists themselves. Waterhouse-Watson’s work maps structural factors within newsrooms, and the complex relationship between the judiciary and media, that affect the practice of court reporting. This book approaches key journalism concepts like objectivity and balance critically, illustrating the layers of mediation that surround a complainant’s testimony; the way sport shapes the meaning of courtroom and media narratives in these cases; and the tension between racism and sexism when race is thematised or otherwise highlighted. Ultimately, the book proposes an ethics of court reporting that protects individual complainants, aswell as advancing public understandings of the crime.« (Source: SpringerLink)

Wikipedia: History of Oceania: History of Australia / History of Australia (1945–present) | Newspaper: Newspapers published in Australia | Sex and the law: Rape / Rape in Australia | Sex and the law: Sexual Assault / Majak Daw, Blake Ferguson (rugby league), Andrew Lovett, Stephen Milne, Brett Stewart