To what extent, and in what ways, has recent media coverage of pedophilia skewed the picture of sexual abuse in the U.S.? How do media constructions of the “pedophile” differ from those of the...

To what extent, and in what ways, has recent media coverage of pedophilia skewed the picture of sexual abuse in the U.S.? How do media constructions of the “pedophile” differ from those of the “rapist” in an earlier age? How is “childhood” constructed differently in other countries? Does the pedophile loom as large in the collective conscience of the U.S. and other nations as it does in the UK?