Talking Tough: Gender and Reported Speech in Campaign News Coverage

Gidengil, Elisabeth; Everitt, Joanna

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“…For example, Gidengil and Everitt (2000) note that in the television coverage of women Canadian leaders, the sentences of their speeches are quoted less frequently than those of men. The same authors arrived at similar conclusions some years later (Gidengil & Everitt, 2003). Also Aday and Devitt (2001), regarding press quotations concerning the USA Presidential candidate Elizabeth Dole and Republican men rivals, found that journalists reported sentences from her public speeches less frequently than those of the men candidates.…”

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 57%

Gender biases and linguistic sexism in political communication: A comparison of press news about men and women Italian ministers

Sensales

Areni

2017

J. Soc. Polit. Psych.

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This research on press communication uses a synchronic perspective concerning eighteen ministers, balanced by gender, in the Renzi government (in 2014), as well as a diachronic perspective concerning women ministers from five governments (from 2006-2014). The governments in 2014 and of 2013 were predominantly center-left, with the participation of center and center-right parties, whereas the previous governments had technical-professional rather than political ministers (in 2011), center-right (in 2008), and center-left (in 2006) ministers. In the synchronic analysis we explored the different ways in which the ministers are named, the relative presence of sexist/non-sexist, agentive/non-agentive, and abstract/concrete language in which they were presented. The first analysis comprised 332 headlines and the second comprised 1,356 headlines; we conducted a numerical and lexicographical analysis on the headlines. The results showed: more coverage for men than for women; gender biases in naming ministers involving a greater number of citations of women with both first and last name, whereas there were a greater number of citations of men with their first name only; the prevalence of sexist language that uses the generic masculine rather than the specific feminine (that is, the grammatical feminization of a typically masculine form) in representing women; an increment of the specific feminine in representing women in the last three governments over the previous two; no gender differences in the use of "I" and "We" as markers of agency; more quotations of direct discourse for women than for men; language slightly more abstract than concrete, for both men and women; more positive adjectives for women, and more negative adjectives for men. The results are discussed in relation to the international literature and to the Italian cultural-political context. Keywords RiassuntoLa presente indagine sulla comunicazione a mezzo stampa utilizza una prospettiva sincronica nei confronti di diciotto ministri/e del governo Renzi (nel 2014), bilanciati/e per genere, nonché una prospettiva diacronica sulle minstre di cinque governi (dal 2006-2014). I governi del 2014 e del 2013 erano prevalentemente di centro-sinistra, con anche la partecipazione di partiti di centro e centro-destra, mentre i precedenti governi avevano ministri tecnici e non politici (nel 2011), di centro-destra (nel 2008) e centro-sinistra (nel 2006). Nell'analisi sincronica abbiamo esplorato i diversi modi in cui sono nominati i/le ministri/e, la relativa presenza di un linguaggio sessista / non sessista, agentivo / non agentivo e astratto / concreto, per parlare di loro nella stampa. La prima analisi ha compreso 332 titoli e la seconda 1.356 titoli. Su di essi è stata condotta un'analisi numerica e lessicografica. I risultati hanno mostrato: maggiore copertura giornalistica per i ministri che per le ministre; biases di genere nel nominare i/le ministri/e, con un maggior numero di citazioni del nome e cognome per le ministre, e un maggior numero di citaz...

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Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 57%

Gender biases and linguistic sexism in political communication: A comparison of press news about men and women Italian ministers

Sensales

Areni

2017

J. Soc. Polit. Psych.

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“…In ways we will examine more later (cf. Gidengil and Everitt, 2003), the unpredictable violence implicit in 'Gnasher' frames the unreconstructed Sturgeon as a threat to masculine orderliness and proprietary, while at the same time reducing her to a figure of gossip and ridicule.…”

Section: Scotland Onmentioning

confidence: 99%

Gender and the development of a political persona: The case of Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon

Higgins

McKay

2016

Br Polit

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Much recent research has focussed on the manner in which women political leaders are portrayed in media (Childs, 2008;Campus, 2013;O'Neill and Savigny, 2014). This article examines the press discourses around Scottish Deputy First Minister Nicola Sturgeon, beginning before her participation in the 2004 Scottish National Party (SNP) leadership contest, and continuing through to her appointment as Scottish First Minister in 2014. Starting prior to her deputy leadership, a variety of definitional strategies positioned Sturgeon as aggressive and shrewish. Subsequently, in keeping with the obligations of a more 'intimate' politics, we find a softening and domestication of Sturgeon's media image, alongside discourses of political competence and professionalism. Yet, the article shows how these shifts took place in a manner that continued to call upon established gendered discourses, often with newspapers using tactics of distancing. We suggest this illustrates the competing pulls of media logic, where the mediatisation of Sturgeon's image produces a marketable political persona, but accompanied by those residual gendered discourses long associated with the political press.

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“…Several studies have also suggested that women are often confronted with questions and comments that focus on personal matters, not the current political issue or topic (Eide, 2000: 339;Ross and Sreberny, 2000: 87). Gidengil and Everitt (2003) have argued that female candidates suffer from a gender-typical form of communication, implying that women are mentioned, evaluated and framed differently, and more negatively, than men.…”

Section: The Relationship Between the Media And Female Politiciansmentioning

confidence: 99%

Media-driven Men and Media-critical Women? An Empirical Study of Gender and MPs’ Relationships with the Media in Norway and Sweden

Aalberg

Strömbäck

2011

International Political Science Review

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This study is an investigation of how members of the Norwegian and the Swedish parliaments relate to and perceive their relationships with the media. Based on surveys conducted among members of the Norwegian Storting and the Swedish Riksdag, we find that male MPs have more frequent and somewhat less formal relationships with media and journalists compared with female MPs. The results also suggest that male MPs have adapted to the media and their logic more than female MPs. Female MPs also appear to be more critical towards the requirements imposed on politicians who want to get media exposure, compared with male MPs. Analysis reveals that gender differences are smaller among Swedish than Norwegian MPs.

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Talking Tough: Gender and Reported Speech in Campaign News Coverage

Cited by 103 publications

References 32 publications

Gender biases and linguistic sexism in political communication: A comparison of press news about men and women Italian ministers

Gender biases and linguistic sexism in political communication: A comparison of press news about men and women Italian ministers

Gender and the development of a political persona: The case of Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon

Media-driven Men and Media-critical Women? An Empirical Study of Gender and MPs’ Relationships with the Media in Norway and Sweden

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