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Short Summary
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| Title |
The Interaction of the Alternative Website and
Mass Media In China: Case Study of www.stopdv.org.cn (Symposium on
Gender and ICT, Amsterdam, Jan 17, 2003) |
| Author |
Bu Wei |
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January 2003 |
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Symposium on Gender and ICT |
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Short Summary |
The 'stop domestic violence' website was set
up in 2001 by the Chinese Law Society as part of the project Domestic
Violence in China: Research, Intervention and Prevention. Currently
only a tiny percentage of the Chinese population has access to Internet.
Therefore this website focused on mass media as an important target
group through which to reach the public more broadly. The site provides
interactive resources about domestic violence and encourages the media
to make use of the information to share with the public an understanding
of domestic violence from a gender perspective, as well as encouraging
people to intervene to prevent it. Stopdv.com linked up with television
to create the first Chinese soap opera that dealt with the issue of
domestic violence - Do Not Speak to Strangers. When the playwrights
were still writing the scenarios, the website staff participated in
the planning and introduced concepts related to domestic violence,
gender analysis, law and social resources. Since the TV play was shown,
Beijing Maple Hotline (a women's helpline) reports an increase in
phone calls about domestic violence. One caller said that before watching
the televisions play, she had no idea what domestic violence was and
that she did not realise that beating was a form of domestic violence.
Another woman told the counsellor 'have you seen the television series?
I am that leading role woman. I just bear everything. |
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