In English below with additional analysis…
Análisis de Isis Internaciónal, Chile
Estudio de caso: Una noticia que ha sido más sutilmente estereotipada
Título del artículo: “A lo CSI: Comisión Nuclear revisará las ropas de Nataly”.
Nombre del periodico:Las Ultimas Noticias.
Fecha: 10 de noviembre de 2009.
El título de la noticia baja totalmente el tono de gravedad a la noticia. Nataly fue asesinada por una persona que conoció vía chat y comentan el nuevo paso de la investigación como un hecho que pudiera asemejarse a la ficción.
En esta noticia se le atribuye responsabilidad de lo ocurrido a la víctima, aunque no se lo exprese directamente: “Nataly Arias murió después de juntarse con el amigo con que había conversado por chat”. En lugar de destacar que estos personajes hacen un trabajo muy fino para captar víctimas a través del chat. Por otro lado, al hablar de que se juntó con un “amigo”, da a entender que la persona era de su confianza y cercana a ella, por lo que aleja a la figura del agresor de una imagen violenta y poco confiable.
La noticia no advierte en ningún momento sobre la peligrosidad que implica para las niñas chatear con extraños. Tampoco se ha consultado a la familia de la chica para esta noticia.
Sin duda esta nota no está escrita con perspectiva de género y la utilización de la información ha sido en base a la búsqueda de un título picarezco, siguiendo la línea editorial del diario.
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Title: Like something out of CSI: Nuclear Commission to Examine Nataly’s clothes”
Source: Las Ultimas Noticias, Daily Newspaper
Date: November 10, 2009
Summary: Nataly Arias is a young woman in Chile who was murdered after someone she met through an internet chat-site lured her to a meeting. The headline refers to new developments in the investigation to find her killer which rely on high-tech forensic investigation, techniques which appear to surpass reality, bordering on the fictional.
Analysis: The headline of this piece completely drops the seriousness of the tone of this article. Instead of recognizing the gravity of the crime and lamenting the loss of the young woman’s life to gender-based violence, the article fetichizes the technology used to find her killer.
Further, the language used in this piece subtly blames the individual – Nataly – for what happened to her without saying so directly: ‘Nataly Arias died after meeting with a friend with whom she conversed over an internet chat room’. The report is a wasted opportunity to highlight the problem of online sexual predators who lure their ‘prey’ through chat rooms. Instead, the article describes how Nataly met with a ‘friend’. The article suggests the aggressor was a trusted friend of Nataly rather than portraying a violent and untrustworthy stranger. In fact, the journalist does not report any attempt to consult with family members to ascertain whether this ‘friend’ was indeed known to Nataly. The journalist could have reiterated a warning on the dangers faced by children, girls in particular, who chat with strangers over the web. Instead the piece conceals these dangers by conflating an ‘electronic acquaintance’ with a ‘friend’ and grossly exaggerating the extent to which the victim could have ‘known’ her assailant. While statistics show that most perpetrators of violence against women are people that they know in some capacity, relatives included, the reporting style in the case of Nataly considerably downplays the increasing dangers faced particularly by girls online.
The lack of a gender-perspective and the use of information presented suggest that this article is geared more towards sensationalism rather than fair and balanced reporting.
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