Gender, Twitter and News Content

An examination across platforms and coverage areas

Bibliographic Data

ID7500532
AuthorsCory L Armstrong (0000-0003-4730-9665, Medtronic (Ireland), corresponding author), Fangfang Gao (0009-0002-7166-9046), Fang‐Fang Gao (0000-0002-4076-0341)
Year2010
Volume12
Issue4
Pages490-505
Publication date2010-11-11
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournalism Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1461-670X • E-ISSN: 1469-9699
PublisherRoutledge (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/1461670x.2010.527548
OpenAlexW1789930259
LanguageEN
Citations received25
References cited30

With the continuing disparity between male and female mentions in news content, this study seeks to compare how news organizations employ men and women in Twitter feeds and how that connects to portrayals in news stories. In particular, the research examined how mentions of men and women in tweets may influence mentions in news stories that were linked to tweets. The study employed a content analysis of national, regional and local newspaper and television tweets, along with their accompanying news stories to compare media platforms and coverage areas. The results indicated a positive relationship between male and female portrayals in tweets and portrayals in news content. Further, male mentions were more likely to appear in national news stories than in regional or local news stories and more frequently than female mentions in print media than in television. Thus, it appears as if news agencies have not developed new dissemination strategies for employing Twitter

Advertising · Business · Content (measure theory · Content analysis · Media studies · News media · News values · Newspaper · Political science · Social media · Social science · Sociology · Gender, Feminism, and Media · Media Studies and Communication · Social Media and Politics · History · Law

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