TY - JOUR
T1 - Violators, virtuous, or victims? How global newspapers represent the female member of parliament
AU - Joshi, Devin K.
AU - Hailu, Meseret F.
AU - Reising, Lauren J.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2019, Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.
Copyright:
Copyright 2020 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2020/7/3
Y1 - 2020/7/3
N2 - Previous research finds mass media often frames female members of parliament (FMPs) as novelties, violators, or deviants intruding in a masculine domain. However, most of these studies have focused on a small number of primarily Western nations. Inspired by new research on the normalization of women in politics, intersectionality, and violence against women in politics, this study undertakes a broad examination of how global newspapers represent FMPs to the public. Taking an inductive approach and drawing on a collection of 772 articles drawn from 265 newspapers in 48 countries over thirty years (from 1985 to 2014), we assess how media framed the “female member of parliament” as being violators, virtuous, or victims and whether it made (in)visible their various intersectional identities. We found general support for the normalization thesis, but observed significant differences between Western and non-Western countries and between Asian and African media framing of FMPs as violators, virtuous, or victims.
AB - Previous research finds mass media often frames female members of parliament (FMPs) as novelties, violators, or deviants intruding in a masculine domain. However, most of these studies have focused on a small number of primarily Western nations. Inspired by new research on the normalization of women in politics, intersectionality, and violence against women in politics, this study undertakes a broad examination of how global newspapers represent FMPs to the public. Taking an inductive approach and drawing on a collection of 772 articles drawn from 265 newspapers in 48 countries over thirty years (from 1985 to 2014), we assess how media framed the “female member of parliament” as being violators, virtuous, or victims and whether it made (in)visible their various intersectional identities. We found general support for the normalization thesis, but observed significant differences between Western and non-Western countries and between Asian and African media framing of FMPs as violators, virtuous, or victims.
KW - Framing
KW - mass media
KW - parliament
KW - representation
KW - women
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U2 - 10.1080/14680777.2019.1642225
DO - 10.1080/14680777.2019.1642225
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85088280188
SN - 1468-0777
VL - 20
SP - 692
EP - 712
JO - Feminist Media Studies
JF - Feminist Media Studies
IS - 5
ER -