2. Universidad Cardenal Herrera-CEU

Esta reseña muestra cómo el ensayo que analiza las películas Alma gitana (1996) de Chus Gutiérrez, y Carmen y Lola (2018) de Arantxa Echevarría, se cuestiona la violencia contra la mujer en la comunidad gitana y se propone la necesidad de que las generaciones más jóvenes vayan cambiando y construyendo sus vidas desde la igualdad, sin por ello tener que desestimar totalmente la cultura ni las tradiciones de sus ancestros. Tanto Chus Gutiérrez como Arantxa Echevarría son mujeres que, sin pertenecer a la etnia gitana y partiendo de un conocimiento profundo y con gran respeto, intentan articular en sus textos fílmicos posibles respuestas constructivas para enfrentar el tema de la violencia machista en la comunidad gitana. / This review shows how the essay that analyzes the films Alma gitana (1996) by Chus Gutiérrez, and Carmen and Lola (2018) by Arantxa Echevarría, addresses and questions violence against women in the gypsy community. The two films also call for younger generations to change and build their lives around equality, without totally dismissing the culture or traditions of their ancestors. Both film makers, Chus Gutiérrez and Arantxa Echevarría, are women who do not belong to the gypsy ethnic group but relying on deep knowledge and respect for it, articulate in their films constructive questions to the issue of gender violence in the gypsy community.

This paper presents the main findings of a qualitative study of news on femicides appearing in leading native digital news outlets in Spain. The study focused on 267 news items published in five digital news outlets between 1 January and 31 December 2017. The selection of the news outlets was based on their readership numbers and whether or not their editorial lines adopted a gender or feminist perspective. In order to assess ethical quality, the tool designed by Zurbano-Berenguer and García-Gordillo (2017) was used. Based on this tool, the results indicate the following: (1) news about femicides is of medium quality; (2) native digital news outlets with a gender perspective offer better and higher quality coverage; and (3) the extent to which ethical recommendations are followed is still very patchy, thus calling for more in-depth multi-methodological analyses. These findings allow us to conclude that there is a need to conduct further qualitative research involving media professionals that helps us to understand why, despite the clear recommendations and rules established in media ethical codes, there are still considerable deficiencies in ethical quality and sensitivity when reporting on such a key issue for democratic society.