From Ferraro to Palin
Sexism in coverage of vice presidential candidates in old and new media
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 13038947 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Meredith Conroy (0000-0003-4006-2612, California State University, San Bernardino, corresponding author), Sarah Oliver (0000-0002-6404-2723, University of California, Santa Barbara), Ian Breckenridge-Jackson (University of California, Riverside), Caroline Heldman (Occidental College) |
| Year | 2015 |
| Volume | 3 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 573-591 |
| Publication date | 2015-06-02 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Politics Groups and Identities (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2156-5503 • E-ISSN: 2156-5511 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/21565503.2015.1050412 |
| OpenAlex | W1483880155 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 36 |
| References cited | 49 |
An analysis of news coverage of vice presidential candidates finds the previously observed media biases for women who run for other political positions to be present for women vice presidential nominees, and especially in the arena of new media, where editorial filters are mostly absent. Using content analysis of major print news and online blogs, we find sex inequalities in coverage tone, type, and hard sexism (overtly gendered insults). Coverage of female vice presidential candidates is more negative, more focused on her appearance and familial role, and more sexist, than coverage of male vice presidential candidates. Furthermore, we find that negative tone and hard sexism are more pronounced in the online blogosphere. The implication for women, especially for those with presidential ambitions, is that known media hostility may be a deterrent, and further stimulates the chronic underrepresentation of women in our governing institutions
Hostility · Political science · Politics · Presidential campaign · Presidential system · Tone (literature · Gender Diversity and Inequality · Gender Politics and Representation · Gender Roles and Identity Studies · Law · Psychology · Social Psychology
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| Citation velocity | recent |
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| Citation types | Neutral: 36 |