Failed Theories: Explaining Gender Difference in Journalism

Steiner, Linda

doi:10.1080/15358593.2012.666559

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“…Relevant concepts and perspectives point in different directions when it comes to theorising about journalism as texts, media professions and practices. Nonetheless, it is important that the critical gaze focus on the concept of gender and its limitations (Steiner 2012). It remains regrettable that gender as a category tends to be based on a dichotomy, comprehending the division between women and men as natural and self-evident.…”

Section: Gendermentioning

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Journalism and Gender: Toward a Multidimensional Approach

Ruoho

Torkkola

2018

Nordicom Review

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In this article, we raise some methodological questions regarding the study of journalism and gender. We start with the idea that in many studies, researchers tend to think that the relationship between gender and journalism is external, that is, gender and journalism are considered essentially separate phenomena. In such a scenario, journalism appears to be gender neutral. Instead of theoretically keeping journalism and gender apart, we suggest that it is worth studying journalism as a gendered institution with its own history, culture, and social roles. We ask how the understanding of the relationship between journalism and gender may change if different social, cultural, and conventional dimensions of journalism are examined. Our main argument is that journalism and its relationship to gender can be investigated systematically as a multidimensional object that highlights various aspects of both concepts, depending on the specific research focus. Based on our former study, we aim to develop a model for examining these diverse facets of journalism.

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Section: Gendermentioning

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Journalism and Gender: Toward a Multidimensional Approach

Ruoho

Torkkola

2018

Nordicom Review

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“…It has been and still is a highly common belief, either explicitly or as an underlying assumption, among both female journalists and media researchers that more female journalists results in more gender equality in media content (Tuchman 1979;Øvrebø 2013;Steiner 2012). In the 1980s, it was argued that, once women journalists reached the critical 33% mark, they would be able to influence the news culture and, thereby, the news content (Hanitzsch & Hanusch 2012).…”

Section: Stjórnmál and Stjórnsýslamentioning

confidence: 99%

“…When the proportion of women journalists reached and then surpassed the critical mass of 30% without making the expected differences, scholars started looking for other explanations for the lack of women in leadership positions (Steiner 2012). In the foreword to an EIGE report on women and media, Virginija Langbakk, director of the European Institute for Gender Equality, posits that an increased presence of women in decision-making positions in the media would 'lead to a more equal and gender sensitive media content' (EIGE 2013, 1).…”

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Gender Bias in the Media: The Case of Iceland

Jóhannsdóttir

Einarsdóttir²

2015

irpa

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The news media are the most influential sources of information, ideas and opinion for most people around the world. Who appears in the news and who is left out, what is covered and what is not and how people and events are portrayed matter. Research has consistently shown that women are underrepresented in the news and that gender stereotypes are reinforced in and through the media. The 1995 Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action recognised the relationship between women and media as a major area of concern in achieving gender equality in contemporary societies. This article presents Nordic findings from the 2015 Global Media Monitoring Project (GMMP), which is the largest and longest-running study on gender in the world’s media. The findings show that women account for only 1 in 5 of the people interviewed or reported on by Icelandic news media and that women’s overall presence in the news has declined compared to the last GMMP study in 2010. The proportion of women as news subjects is also considerably lower than in other Nordic countries. We argue that the number of women who are journalists, managers in the media industry and decision makers in society has increased, but this shift has not automatically changed the representation of women in the news, either in numbers or in their portrayal. This discrepancy indicates that the relationship between gender and the news media is complicated and needs to be approached from different perspectives.

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“…Much of newsroom sociology research suggests that gender plays a minor role in how and what news reporters cover (Steiner 2009(Steiner , 2012(Steiner , 2014.…”

Section: Gender In the Newsroommentioning

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Newsroom Divides: Online News Production, Gender, and Organization at DN.se

Hultén

2015

Communication

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The crisis of the news media industry has changed the conditions of news reporting, placed pressure on the journalism profession, and affected its professional identity.In the last few years, online newsrooms have undergone significant changes in their organization and their practices of production. This article presents a case study of the relationships between gender, news production, professional routines, working conditions, and attitudes toward gender equality in the online newsroom of DN.se, the news website of Dagens Nyheter, Sweden's largest morning newspaper.Like many newspapers worldwide, Dagens Nyheter faces difficulties in maintaining its readership, and has recently implemented major reorganizations, including staff cuts and budget reductions in the online newsroom. These changes also have had an impact on the daily work practices of reporters, including increased workloads and conflicting professional ideals.The journalists at DN.se generally express a broad awareness of gender parity. However, women's voices, experiences, and expertise continue to be significantly underrepresented in the news content. The DN.se online news replicates the patterns of gender portrayal and representation observed in traditional print news media in Sweden and internationally.It is argued that intensified market pressure and increased competition for readers, combined with the lack of goaloriented policies, are all promoting a type of journalism which is potentially threatening to gender parity in online newsrooms.

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Failed Theories: Explaining Gender Difference in Journalism

Cited by 61 publications

References 27 publications

Journalism and Gender: Toward a Multidimensional Approach

Journalism and Gender: Toward a Multidimensional Approach

Gender Bias in the Media: The Case of Iceland

Newsroom Divides: Online News Production, Gender, and Organization at DN.se

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