A Typology of Gender Biases and Stereotypes in the Journalistic Coverage of Women Candidates

This paper analyzes the problem of gender stereotypes and biases in mass media coverage of female candidates during electoral campaigns. The results of an empirical exploration in its initial stages, are discussed. The exploration assessed the frequency and main features of gender stereotypes in mas...

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Autores: García Beaudoux, Virginia, D'Adamo, Orlando, Gavensky, Marina
Formato: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2017
País:México
Recursos:UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO
Repositorio:Revista Mexicana de Opinión Pública
Idioma:español
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/61614
Acesso em linha:https://revistas.unam.mx/index.php/rmop/article/view/61614
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palavra-chave:Candidatas
campañas electorales
estereotipos de género
medios de comunicación.
Female candidates
electoral campaigns
gender stereotypes
mass media.
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Resumo:This paper analyzes the problem of gender stereotypes and biases in mass media coverage of female candidates during electoral campaigns. The results of an empirical exploration in its initial stages, are discussed. The exploration assessed the frequency and main features of gender stereotypes in mass media coverage, considering newspapers and television, received by three female candidates, in campaigns that took place in 2015 and 2016, in three different countries: Hillary Clinton (United States), Keiko Fujimori (Perú) y María Eugenia Vidal (Argentina). Two main objectives guided our research: 1) to establish the frequency of biases and gender stereotypes in the mass media coverage they received, and 2) to propose a typology based on the identification of the main variables and indicators that define them. As a result, a typology based on the identification of four different and frequent stereotypes was constructed.