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Gender Issues In News Coverage, Margaretha Geertsema-Sligh
Gender Issues In News Coverage, Margaretha Geertsema-Sligh
Margaretha Geertsema-Sligh
This entry discusses the participation and representation of women in the news media. Women entered journalism primarily to appeal to female audiences in the 19th century and were expected to write about topics considered to be of interest for women, such as food, fashion, family and furniture. Today, global studies show that women remain underrepresented at all levels of news organizations, with a glass ceiling preventing women from rising to top positions. Female journalists are especially facing challenges in war reporting and sports reporting, and as opinion columnists. In terms of representation, women are frequently represented in a negative …
Stoking The Research Fire: Three Views, Charles C. Self, Margaretha Geertsema-Sligh, Amy S. Weiss
Stoking The Research Fire: Three Views, Charles C. Self, Margaretha Geertsema-Sligh, Amy S. Weiss
Margaretha Geertsema-Sligh
No abstract provided.
Women Making News: Gender And Media In South Africa, Margaretha Geertsema
Women Making News: Gender And Media In South Africa, Margaretha Geertsema
Margaretha Geertsema-Sligh
South Africa’s news media are still in a process of transformation after the transition to democracy in 1994. The media continue to face the challenge of ensuring equal and fair representation to the entire population, and gender and media activists in particular have taken up the challenge of bringing about change. Research shows that women have not yet achieved equal access and representation compared to men: they are under-represented as reporters, news sources, and audience members. Yet, in comparison with other countries, South Africa has about as many female reporters as the average reported in the Global Media Monitoring Project …
Conceptualizing Strategies For Research And Activism: A Media Sociology Approach, Margaretha Geertsema
Conceptualizing Strategies For Research And Activism: A Media Sociology Approach, Margaretha Geertsema
Margaretha Geertsema-Sligh
The article considers reasons for the continuing exclusion and stereotyping of women in the news media. It also suggests productive avenues for research and media activism. A media sociology approach was used to consider the various factors that influence the production of news. Media sociology is concerned with how news is socially constructed, typically resulting in the inclusion of some issues and events and the exclusion of others.
Social Changes In South Africa: The Possibilities Of Public Journalism And Development Journalism, Margaretha Geertsema-Sligh
Social Changes In South Africa: The Possibilities Of Public Journalism And Development Journalism, Margaretha Geertsema-Sligh
Margaretha Geertsema-Sligh
No abstract provided.
The Regionalization Of Global News: A Case Study Of Cnn Interactive, Margaretha Geertsema
The Regionalization Of Global News: A Case Study Of Cnn Interactive, Margaretha Geertsema
Margaretha Geertsema-Sligh
No abstract provided.