Stigmatized portrayals of single women
A content analysis of news coverage on single women and single men in China
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7844151 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Wanqi Gong (0000-0002-4078-0748, City University of Hong Kong), Caixie Tu (0000-0003-2210-2094, City University of Hong Kong), L Crystal Jiang (0000-0002-0515-2594, City University of Hong Kong, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2017 |
| Volume | 26 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 197-211 |
| Publication date | 2017-03-04 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Gender Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0958-9236 • E-ISSN: 1465-3869 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/09589236.2015.1095082 |
| OpenAlex | W2275199374 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 22 |
| References cited | 69 |
This study explored the stigmatized portrayals of single womanhood in news media by content analyzing news coverage from Mainland China of single women and single men from 2008 to 2013. Among the three prevalent news frames (conflict, responsibility, and human interest), the results showed that news reports relating to single women commonly employed more human-interest frames and concentrated on single women’s conflicts with other social groups as well as the conflicts between singles and societal expectation of population sustainability. News stories also unduly ascribed the responsibility for being ‘single’ to the women themselves, but such individual attribution was not applied to single men. As an exploratory study, our research shed light on how news framing is gendered to reinforce stereotypes and facilitate mechanisms for control. Theoretical and practical implications are discussed in relation to public opinion about single womanhood and the intersectional oppression of single women in Chinese society
Attribution · Blame · Content analysis · Geography · Media studies · News media · Oppression · Political science · Population · Single mothers · Social science · Sociology · Demography · Gender Roles and Identity Studies · Gender Studies · Gender, Feminism, and Media · Law · Media, Gender, and Advertising · Psychology · Social Psychology
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| Citation span | 2019 - 2026 (8) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 20 |