The Trauma of Looking :  Readings and Counter-readings of the representation of femicides in the Greek mainstream media

Dafni Melidou

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Thesis of the Royal Academy of Art, The Hague, 2022 Master Photography & Society The "Trauma of Looking: Readings and Counter-readings of the representation of femicides in theGreek mainstream media" is a work that aims to decode the narrative strategies used by the Greekmainstream media to report sensitive topics related to gender inequalities and gender-basedviolence. In this work I explore the tropes and the effects of media cannibalism, a term which I havecoined and it will be explained further in the text, through the lens of intimate femicides - aphenomenon which has recently entered the wider public discourse in Greece. There is a need frommainstream media to commercialize such crimes and exploit personal dramas. They are treatingreal-life stories as a spectacle, as another true-crime series ready to be consumed by the audience.This globalized "life-as-spectacle" approach, which goes beyond Greece, transmutes our collectivemoral principles into a new culture where violence is always legitimized and thus is made acceptablein society.

type	research exposition
keywords	femicides, media, gender, violence, Master Photography & Society
date	12/10/2022
published	21/05/2025
last modified	21/05/2025
status	published
share status	private
affiliation	Royal Academy of Art, The Hague
copyright	Dafni Melidou
license	CC BY-NC-ND
language	English
url	https://www.researchcatalogue.net/view/1760111/1760110
published in	Royal Academy of Art, The Hague
portal issue	0. Publications 2022
external link	https://dafnimelidou.com/

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The Trauma of Looking : Readings and Counter-readings of the representation of femicides in the Greek mainstream media (2025)