Filtering the female: Television news coverage of the 1993 Canadian leaders' debates

Gidengil, Elisabeth; Everitt, Joanna

doi:10.1080/1554477x.2000.9970920

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“…For instance, the women who were newly elected to the US Congress in 1992, the so-called "year of the woman," received more mentions by name in major newspapers than did newly elected men~Carroll and Schreiber, 1997: 135!. Women leaders of Canadian national parties who engaged in confrontational behaviour during televised party leaders' debates attracted more coverage than equally combative male politicians because of the newsworthiness of their unexpectedly aggressive behaviour~Everitt and Gidengil, 2003;Gidengil and Everitt, 2000!.…”

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Gender, Political Leadership and Media Visibility: Globe and Mail Coverage of Conservative Party of Canada Leadership Contests

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2007

CJP

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. When women seek the leadership of competitive political parties, does their sex influence their news visibility throughout the campaign? By conducting a content analysis of all Globe and Mail coverage of each of the three Conservative Party of Canada leadership races featuring competitive female contenders—Flora MacDonald in 1976, Kim Campbell in 1993 and Belinda Stronach in 2004—I measured the news visibility of each of the leading male and female candidates. The findings show a relationship between the sex of the leadership candidate and news prominence, as the female contenders were, on the whole, more visible than similarly situated male candidates. However, as the analysis reveals, sex is not the only factor shaping news coverage. I argue that the news value of the party, the nature of the leadership competition, and gendered mediation of individual leadership candidates intersect to determine the amount and prominence of news coverage accorded male and female candidates for party leadership positions.I would like to thank Ph.D. student Laura Way for her diligent work to test intercoder reliability and for collecting the news articles from the 1976 PC leadership race from the Globe and Mail's digital archive.Résumé. Lorsque les femmes se présentent à la chefferie d'un parti politique important, leur sexe a-t-il une influence, durant la campagne, sur la place qu'on leur accorde dans l'actualité ? J'ai mesuré la présence dans l'actualité des meneurs des trois courses à la chefferie du Parti conservateur du Canada où une femme était candidate – Flora MacDonald en 1976, Kim Campbell en 1993 et Belinda Stronach en 2004 – à partir d'une analyse du contenu de toute la couverture du Globe and Mail pour chacune des campagnes. Les résultats permettent d'établir un lien entre le sexe des candidats et leur présence dans l'actualité, les candidates étant, dans l'ensemble, plus visibles que les candidats dont la situation était par ailleurs comparable. Cependant, l'analyse démontre également que le sexe n'est pas le seul facteur déterminant de la couverture médiatique. Je soutiens que l'importance du parti même dans l'actualité, le style propre à la campagne, ainsi que la représentation genrée de chaque candidat par les médias se recoupent pour déterminer la fréquence et la visibilité de la couverture accordée aux candidats et candidates à la direction d'un parti politique.

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Section: Women Politicians and Media Visibilitymentioning

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Gender, Political Leadership and Media Visibility: Globe and Mail Coverage of Conservative Party of Canada Leadership Contests

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2007

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“…Furthermore, the lack of comparative research (with the notable exception of Kittilson and Fridkin 2008) has meant that it is has been difficult to investigate how electoral systems and candidate selection contribute to the coverage of female candidates. These questions are even more relevant, as some scholars have failed to find a gender bias in candidate coverage (see, for example, Hayes and Lawless 2013; Heldman, Oliver, and Conroy 2009; Smith 1997; Uscinski and Goren 2011) while others do find gendered patterns in media coverage (for example, Gidengil and Everitt 2000; Heldman, Carroll, and Olson 2005).…”

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Invisible Women? Comparing Candidates’ News Coverage in Europe

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Banducci

2016

Pol & Gen

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Past studies, largely based on the United States, have argued that differential coverage of men and women candidates could explain the lack of women in elected political office. We investigate, first, whether a gender bias exists in coverage of candidates and, second, the possible mechanisms underlying any differences in the amount and tone of candidates’ news media coverage. Using data from the 2009 European Election Study Media Analysis, drawn from media coverage in 25 EU member states during the European Parliament election campaigns, we find that, similar to previous research, there is evidence of a gender gap in the amount of media coverage. Even for highly prominent and competitive candidates, the gender bias in media coverage remains. However, this bias in media coverage largely reflects the parties’ preselection of viable candidates and that where there are remedies in place to address the underrepresentation of women (i.e., quotas), women candidates actually have lower visibility in campaign coverage. We also find that, though women candidates are more often the subject of valence evaluations in news stories, male candidates are more negatively evaluated in news stories.

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“…However, this study may not have addressed the only gender‐related campaign effects. Further studies could analyse the media coverage of party leaders and explore whether the amount and type of media coverage about party leaders during the campaign affect the voter sympathy toward party leaders and assessment of leader characteristics (see Gidengil & Everitt , , , ; van Zoonen , ). Such studies could further contribute to what voter considerations in regard to gender stereotyping and gender identity are present during campaigns.…”

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Gender Differences in Assessments of Party Leaders

Kosiara‐Pedersen

Møller²

2014

Scand Pol Stud

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Is there a relationship between party leader gender and voters' assessments? The answer is ‘yes’ according to theses on gender identity and stereotyping. A voter survey during the 2011 Danish general election allows for a comprehensive analysis of a less likely case with four male and four female party leaders. Female party leaders are assessed more positively by female voters than male voters both in regard to general party leader sympathy and assessment of specific characteristics, whereas it is not the case that male party leaders are assessed more positively by male voters than female voters. The impact of gender does not increase with age; in fact, the opposite is the case among men since younger male voters have less sympathy for female party leaders. Furthermore, there is no support for the expectation that voters with more education or with higher levels of political interest and knowledge are more positive towards party leaders of their own gender than voters with less education. Also, the relationship between gender and voter assessment is not stronger prior to an election campaign than immediately after an election. Hence, in sum, gender identity does not seem to require a higher level of political sophistication, nor does it decrease with higher levels of information.

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Filtering the female: Television news coverage of the 1993 Canadian leaders' debates

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Gender, Political Leadership and Media Visibility: Globe and Mail Coverage of Conservative Party of Canada Leadership Contests

Gender, Political Leadership and Media Visibility: Globe and Mail Coverage of Conservative Party of Canada Leadership Contests

Invisible Women? Comparing Candidates’ News Coverage in Europe

Gender Differences in Assessments of Party Leaders

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