Constructing the 'Perfect Victim': Media Language, Headlines, and Hierarchies of Justice in Newspaper Rape Reports
05 September 2026 · Harmattan Edition - Sept . / O c t . 2 02 6 · DOI: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1721-3144
This study interrogates how Nigerian newspaper reportage linguistically constructs the “perfect victim” and produces a hierarchical representation of rape victims. While prior studies have examined ra...