Gendered News Coverage and Women Heads of Government

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dc.contributor.authorThomas, Melanee
dc.contributor.authorHarell, Allison
dc.contributor.authorRijkhoff, Sanne A. M.
dc.contributor.authorGosselin, Tania
dc.date.accessioned2020-06-02T21:13:52Z
dc.date.available2020-06-02T21:13:52Z
dc.date.issued2020-06-02
dc.description.abstractWomen politicians have long faced a gendered media environment, where their novelty, potential (in)competence, family, and appearance have been over-emphasized in comparison to men. Much of this literature has focused on politicians running for office and women who hold legislative office. Little research investigates gendered news media presentations of women as heads of government. While the literature predicts that women heads of government should experience gendered differences in news coverage, there is also good reason to expect that news about government operations should not vary based on the gender of the government leader. Using their first year of online news coverage (N=11,675), we build a series of dictionaries and use automated content analysis to assess how frequently heads of government’s uniqueness, gender, family, appearance, sexual orientation, character, and competence are presented. We also assess the tone of news about each head of government. Results show that gendered coverage exists for women heads of government in potentially surprising ways. Fewer new stories are written about them, on average, than men. Women’s coverage features more feminine and masculine gendered identifies, as well as more coverage about their clothing. We find little evidence for increased personalization, and women’s character and competence is presented more positively than men’s. Though blunt, this analysis shows that news about heads of government remains gendered.en_US
dc.description.grantingagencySocial Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC)en_US
dc.identifier.citationThomas, M., Harell, A., Rijkhoff, S. A. M., & Gosselin, T. (2020). Gendered News Coverage and Women Heads of Government.en_US
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.11575/PRISM/37894
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1880/112146
dc.publisher.departmentPolitical Scienceen_US
dc.publisher.facultyArtsen_US
dc.publisher.hasversionacceptedVersionen_US
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Calgaryen_US
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dc.subjectwomen-led governments; gendered coverage; leader evaluations; Lexicoder; Canadaen_US
dc.titleGendered News Coverage and Women Heads of Governmenten_US
dc.typejournal articleen_US
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