Trends in the Status of Minorities and Women in Broadcast News

Stone, Vernon A.

doi:10.1177/107769908806500204

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“…If we have found that there does not exist significant editorial otherness between men and women, there remains the question -that so many previous researchers have grappled with -as to why Israeli female editors, and by extension, their counterparts in other western countries (Stone, 1988;Cramer, 1993), remain a distinct minority in the newsroom, especially in the more prominent area of hard news. While the present study did not originally intend to examine sociological aspects of this phenomenon, one aspect of the findings (especially from the in-depth interviews) is highly suggestive, as well as indirectly shedding light on our central research questions.…”

Section: Why Are Women Editors Still a Minority?mentioning

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Lehman‐Wilzig

2003

European Journal of Communication

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The study reported in this article is a survey of 16 female and 25 male editors in seven Israeli newspapers to examine how gender affects professional news selection. It rated the newsworthiness of 16 different general subject areas, 17 journalism selection criteria, and 24 'concrete' headlines as a simulation. Several editors were also interviewed in-depth. Ninety students of mass communications were surveyed as a control group. The findings indicate an absence of significant 'otherness' between female and male editors, both in newsworthiness criteria and actual practice - similar to the control group. The article goes on to address possible reasons for the small number of Israeli women in editorial positions as well as the lack of gender distinctions regarding news values; personal, social economic and news consumption factors, rather than gender-related obstacles or organizational ethos, are implicated.

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Section: Why Are Women Editors Still a Minority?mentioning

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Lehman‐Wilzig

2003

European Journal of Communication

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“…The research suggests that although the Kerner Commission Report revealed the shortcomings of the news media in their representations of minorities in the 1960s, the network news media are still falling short in terms of the number of women and minorities represented. The gains made in local news as a result of Affirmative Action programs in the 1970s decreased in the 1980s (Stone, 1988). This same trend exists at the networks.…”

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“…However, by the mid-1970s, the comprehensive Window Dressing on the Set government study revealed the numbers of minorities working on network television news were still visibily low (US Commission on Civil Rights, 1977). Stone (1988) examined the employment status of women and minorities in television news from 1976 to 1986. Stone noted the following:…”

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Women and minorities on network television news: An examination of correspondents and newsmakers

Ziegler

White

1990

Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media

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“…(Creedon, 1989) However, Sanders (1992) research found during an examination of 60 network news programs of male news talent having appeared in 59 out of the 60 programs. By the end of the 1990s women made up 33% of the television newsroom (Stone, 1987;Stone, 1988). By the turn of the 21st century, women in the news profession only increased by seven percent (Papper & Gerhard, 1999).…”

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Gender in local television news presentation: An analysis of TV news markets in the US Northwest

Craig

Hallaq

2019

Journal of Applied Journalism &Amp; Media Studies

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Traditionally, men have been the primary face and voice of live broadcasting. Limited research has compared Designated Market Areas by news content. This study compared and analyzed gender representations between large and small market news programs in the Northwest region of the United States. Hard news stories are those which audiences expect to be included in a newscast and are more likely time-sensitive. Soft stories, on the other hand, are those known to be not as crucial or time-sensitive as hard stories. The purpose of this study was to examine two major topics: (1) gender representation as news anchors and reporters, and (2) gender representation in types of stories covered. Data of gender representation was compared and analyzed between a large and small news market. Notable differences and similarities between both markets were revealed.This study found female news reporters present 16% more hard stories than male reporters even when females were underrepresented as overall news talent compared to male news talent. Males represented 55% of news talent compared to females at 45% of news talent.Male anchors also presented more news stories as overall news talent, indicating visible gender inequality in the presentation of news stories.Another important purpose of this study was to introduce a preliminary study by comparing and analyzing gender representation data by television market size. An important difference found regarding news anchors, was the large market sample more equally represented both males and females as anchors, whereas the small market sample did not. The data revealed a 56% disparity by exhibiting males 78% of the time and females only 22% of the time in the small news market. Both markets also displayed significant differences in the total count of news anchors, reporters, and news content.

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Trends in the Status of Minorities and Women in Broadcast News

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Women and minorities on network television news: An examination of correspondents and newsmakers

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