The purpose of this study was to examine the portrayal of women and men in a Spanish daily newspaper and to find whether there were gender differences among the authors of the articles in said newspaper. A content analysis was conducted of 4,060 articles and advertisements from 24 issues of a randomly selected, large-circulation, Spanish newspaper. Men were found to be more commonly featured in the articles, photographs, and advertisements than women, and they would usually be soldiers, athletes or high-rank businessmen much more often than women were. Furthermore, we determined that the reporters writing the articles were more likely to be men than women. And, in addition, men were more likely to be cited as sources than women.
ResumenEstudio en el que se analiza la representación de las mujeres y los hombres en las noticias de la prensa diaria nacional española. Para ello, se realizó un análisis de contenido de lo publicado en la Portada y en las secciones Nacional e Internacional de 14 números de un periódico español de gran tirada, seleccionado aleatoriamente. Se encontró gran desigualdad en la representación, tanto en la frecuencia con que cada género aparecía como figura central de las noticias, estando el 34% protagonizadas por hombres pero solo el 6,8% por mujeres, como en sus roles y ocupaciones, siendo mucho más común que los hombres apareciesen en puestos de poder que las mujeres. Palabras clave: Género, periódicos, noticias, análisis de contenido, mujeres, hombres, España.
AbstractThis study examines the portrayal of women and men in the news of Spanish daily newspapers. A quantitative content analysis was conducted on the news published on the Front page and in the National and International sections from 14 issues of a randomly selected, large circulation Spanish newspaper. We have found great inequality in the representation, both in the frequency with which each gender appeared as the central figure in the news -34% for men whereas only a 6.8% for women-and in their roles and occupations. The content analysis of the protagonists' occupation in the news threw light on many differences, and men appeared much more frequently than women in positions of power.
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