Impact Factor:1.137 | Ranking:21/36 in Social Sciences, Biomedical | 81/136 in Public, Environmental & Occupational Health | 5-Year Impact Factor:1.396Source:2012 Journal Citation Reports® (Thomson Reuters, 2013)
Warren Bareiss wbareiss{at}uscupstate.edu University of South Carolina Upstate, USASelf-injury among adolescents has been widely documented in the United States, Canada, Europe, and Asia; however, news coverage of self-injury has not been examined. This study analyzes 78 news accounts of self-injury among adolescents in the United States from 2007 to 2012, using critical cultural studies as a theoretical foundation and a methodology informed by Kenneth Burke’s dramatism. Narrative elements within the sample are examined in relationship to one another in order to reveal implicit meanings within the news stories. Looking across the sample, I then use a framework developed by Labov and Waletzky to examine a dominant meta-narrative that downplays social causes of self-injury—notably, various forms of trauma such as childhood sexual abuse—and instead frames self-injury as a personal choice. As a result, the remedy to the problem is not constructed as redress of contemporary pressures placed upon young people, but rather, as the responsibility of adolescents to conform to the social system that causes them to hurt themselves. © 2013 SAGE Publications. Los Angeles, London, New Delhi, Singapore and Washington DC
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NUI Maynooth Ranks High Among New Universities
The National University of Ireland, Maynooth ranks 74th in the world among new universities, according to rankings published by the Times Higher Education. NUI Maynooth ranked highest among universities in Ireland and received particularly high marks for its research achievements, reputation for teaching, numbers of PhDs awarded and international outlook.
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