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100			_aSwindle, Jeffrey _947512
245			_aPathways of global cultural diffusion: Mass media and people’s moral declarations about men’s violence against women
260			_aAmerican Sociological Review
300			_a88(4), Aug, 2023: p.742-779
520			_aCurrent theories of global cultural diffusion outline abstract mechanisms through which cultural scripts spread across the world. To reveal how scripts reach individuals, one must identify the specific pathways of diffusion. I examine the case of how scripts about gender relations and violence are diffused through mass media to people in Malawi. Using a mixed-methods approach, I find that international development organizations work with Malawian journalists to produce an array of content denouncing the practice of men abusing women. Entertainment media companies, however, disseminate content portraying patriarchal gender stereotypes. I show that mass media content critical of men’s violence of women is positively associated with people’s stated rejection of this practice, whereas individuals’ exposure to content mixed with patriarchal scripts is not. Notably, a one-standard-deviation increase in the number of newspaper articles critically covering men’s abuse toward women in the 30 days leading up to a person’s unique survey interview date is associated with a 3.2 (women) or 2.1 (men) percentage-point increase in the probability of respondents stating that they condemn such violence. Broadly, the results outline a multifaceted portrait of global cultural diffusion, with liberal and patriarchal scripts simultaneously reaching individual people. – Reproduced https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/00031224231184576
650			_aGlobal cultural diffusion, Mass media, People’s moral declarations about men’s violence against women _947513
773			_aAmerican Sociological Review
906			_aWOMEN
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