Goodbye, Gender Stereotypes? Trait Attributions to Politicians in 11 Years of News Coverage

Andrich, Aliya; Bachl, Marko; Domahidi, Emese

doi:10.1177/10776990221142248

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“…Second, though women's media coverage is becoming more balanced (Banwart et al, 2003;Bystrom et al, 2004), gendered challenges remain. Coverage of female candidates continues to draw disproportionate attention to women's appearances (Andrich et al, 2023;Bystrom et al, 2004;Carlin and Winfrey, 2023;van der Pas and Aaldering, 2020), their viability or "electability" (Gibbons, 2022;van der Pas and Aaldering, 2020), likability or warmth (Carlin and Winfrey, 2023;Cassese et al, 2021;Godble et al, 2019), the "novelty" of women in office (Bauer, 2020;Bauer and Taylor, 2023;Gibbons, 2022;O'Regan and Stambough, 2011), and/or women's personal lives (Banwart et al, 2003;Bauer, 2020;Bauer and Taylor, 2023;Gibbons, 2022;van der Pas and Aaldering, 2020). Some trait coverage continues to come at the expense of issues coverage (Dunaway et al, 2013).…”

Section: Outside Groups and Senate Campaign Adsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Outside of the Old Boys Club? Gender Differences in Outside Groups’ Advertising Support for U.S. Senate Candidates

English,

Branton,

Friesenhahn

2023

Political Research Quarterly

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Since 2010, televised campaign ads have proliferated, raising questions about gender differences in the number of ads outside groups air. Assuming incumbent Democratic women and Democratic women with prior office-holding experience run with support from their party and interest groups, we expect Democratic-leaning groups air more favorable ads supporting Democrats in races that include experienced or incumbent Democratic women than they do in races that include experienced or incumbent Democratic men. Conversely, we assume Republican women receive less support from their party and interest groups. We expect outside groups air more favorable ads supporting Republicans in races featuring experienced or incumbent Republican men than races including experienced or incumbent Republican women. Given the potential for backlash to attack ads, we expect Democratic- and Republican-leaning groups air more ads in races including experienced or incumbent male opponents than in races that include experienced or incumbent female opponents. We test these hypotheses by focusing on 2010–2018 U.S. Senate races and combining original data with data from the Wesleyan Media Project, the U.S. Census, and the Cook Political Report. Democratic- and Republican-leaning groups both sponsor significantly fewer ads in races featuring experienced female Democratic candidates compared to races including experienced male Democratic candidates.

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Section: Outside Groups and Senate Campaign Adsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Outside of the Old Boys Club? Gender Differences in Outside Groups’ Advertising Support for U.S. Senate Candidates

English,

Branton,

Friesenhahn

2023

Political Research Quarterly

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Between Innovation and Standardization: Best Practices and Inclusive Guidelines in Computational Communication Science

Waldherr,

Weber,

et al. 2024

Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly

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Computational communication science is transitioning from an emerging to an established field within communication research, creating a need for proper guidelines and methodological standards. This forum gathers experienced computational communication science scholars to debate the merits and drawbacks of standardization and discuss the tension between innovation, rigor, and inclusion. The assembled perspectives review current standards for data collection, sharing, and documentation, offering best practices for future research. They argue that high standards and inclusive practices can coexist, enhancing creativity and accessibility. By adopting inclusive guidelines, the computational communication science community can welcome diverse scholars, foster innovation, and advance the field collectively.

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A broken mirror? From representation to presentation of gender in Scandinavian news media

Kjeldsen,

Schmeltz,

Simonsen

2024

Nordic Journal of Media Studies

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Across Scandinavia, one can witness a situation where gender equality has previously been at the forefront of the political and societal agenda, but where progress now seems to be slowing down. The news media is a domain where this negative development is particularly pronounced, and several studies have established that the Scandinavian news media display a more unequal gender representation than the society they supposedly mirror. In this article, we report on an ongoing cross-Scandinavian research project on news media content, where we explore not only the traditional metrics of how many men and women are in the news, but also, more importantly, how women and men are portrayed in news media content. The study demonstrates significant gender discrepancies, echoing findings from previous studies on the quantitative representation of women and men, and, more importantly, it introduces presentation as an additional qualitative metric. Consequently, we contribute with an analytical framework involving a range of qualitative parameters through which the news media industry can comprehensively evaluate gender equality within their content.

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Goodbye, Gender Stereotypes? Trait Attributions to Politicians in 11 Years of News Coverage

Cited by 3 publications

References 65 publications

Outside of the Old Boys Club? Gender Differences in Outside Groups’ Advertising Support for U.S. Senate Candidates

Outside of the Old Boys Club? Gender Differences in Outside Groups’ Advertising Support for U.S. Senate Candidates

Between Innovation and Standardization: Best Practices and Inclusive Guidelines in Computational Communication Science

A broken mirror? From representation to presentation of gender in Scandinavian news media

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