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Covering Presidential Election Campaigns: Does Reporter Gender Affect the Work Lives of Correspondents and Their Reportage?
Journal of broadcasting & electronic media, v 55(3), 285
01 Sep 2011
Abstract
This content analysis reveals that men and women network news correspondents differed in how they covered 4 presidential elections (1992-2004). There were fewer women than men reporters involved in election coverage, but on average, women reported more stories than men and were tonally tougher watchdogs than men. In terms of framing candidates, male reporters were strongly associated with a masculine approach that emphasized the competitiveness of campaigns. By contrast, women correspondents employed both more feminine and gender-neutral frames than their male colleagues. These findings were interpreted against the backdrop of information derived from in-depth interviews with 5 women reporters who appeared in the sampled content.
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- Title
- Covering Presidential Election Campaigns: Does Reporter Gender Affect the Work Lives of Correspondents and Their Reportage?
- Creators
- Maria Elizabeth Grabe - University of PretoriaLelia Samson - Indiana UniversityAsta Zelenkauskaite - Indiana UniversityNarine S. Yegiyan - Univ Calif Davis, Dept Commun, Davis, CA 95616 USA
- Publication Details
- Journal of broadcasting & electronic media, v 55(3), 285
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis
- Number of pages
- 22
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Communication
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000299226200001
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-80052576651
- Other Identifier
- 991021866500504721
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- Domestic collaboration
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- Web of Science research areas
- Communication
- Film, Radio, Television