A Research Study on Gender Sensitivity and the Coverage of Rape in the Indian News Media: Ten Years After the Nirbhaya Case.

Abstract

Almost ten years ago, Jyoti Singh’s brutal gangrape and murder in the heart of New Delhi in December 2012 received an inordinate amount of media attention and coverage. Famous as the ‘Delhi gang rape’ or the ‘Nirbhaya’ case, the news story did not end with the victim’s rape and death but continued as the media followed not just the legal case that ensued but also the huge nation-wide public protests by ordinary citizens and the setting up of a judicial committee that eventually re-wrote India’s rape laws