Obstacles to the success of female journalists in Korea

Bibliographic Data

ID11267294
AuthorsKyung‐hee Kim (0000-0001-5642-7837, Hallym University, corresponding author), Kyung-Hee Kim (0000-0003-0260-2649, Hallym University, Korea,)
Year2006
Volume28
Issue1
Pages123-141
Publication date2006-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueMedia Culture & Society (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0163-4437 • E-ISSN: 1460-3675
PublisherSAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/0163443706059578
OpenAlexW2119290227
LanguageEN
Citations received15
References cited13

This article focuses on the mechanisms that exclude female journalists from the news production process, and on their alienation in modern Korean society. Using a content analysis of essays by Korean female journalists, the study found exclusion mechanisms of female journalists from (1) the news gathering process, including ‘authoritative information collection’, ‘unethical compromise culture’, ‘informal communication’ and the ‘traditional view of womanhood’; (2) the newsroom, including ‘masculine bonds’, ‘distrust of female journalists’ and the ‘stereotype of female journalists’; and (3) the private area, including housework, pregnancy and childcare. The alienation of female journalists was also studied at the organizational and personal levels. At the organizational level, the result shows that female journalists are both horizontally and vertically marginalized. At the personal level, the self-alienation of female journalists was attributed to the fact that they have less access to in-depth information because of the division of work based on gender

Alienation · Compromise · Distrust · Political science · Public relations · Social science · Sociology · Stereotype (UML · Asian Culture and Media Studies · Gender Studies · Gender, Feminism, and Media · Law · Media Studies and Communication · Psychology · Social Psychology

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