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Women, Media, and Elections : Representation and Marginalization in British Politics
Providing a systematic analysis of electoral coverage in newspapers since 1918, this book demonstrates that for women to be effectively represented in the political domain, they must also be effectively represented in the public discussion of politics that takes place in the media.
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Bristol :
Bristol University Press,
2021.
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| Colección: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Front Cover
- Women, Media, and Elections: Representation and Marginalization in British Politics
- Copyright information
- Table of contents
- List of Figures
- Acknowledgments
- 1 Women in Political News: Representation and Marginalization
- Political and mediated representation
- Political and mediated marginalization
- Gendering election studies
- Process news or meta-coverage
- Presidentialization/personalization
- Negativity
- Notes on the book's methodology and approach
- Key questions
- Sampling and data
- Inter-coder reliability
- Overview of the book
- 2 The Candidates: Making the House (of Commons) Their Home?
- Women, media, politics
- Quantity and types of coverage
- Issue stereotyping
- Tone of the coverage
- Personalization
- Appearance
- Family life
- Changes and continuities over time
- Marginal voices
- Issue focus
- Evaluative coverage
- Personalization
- Gendered representatives
- Representing women
- Negotiating sexism
- Personalization
- Conclusion
- 3 The Voter: Housewives and Mothers
- Mediating women voters
- Changes and continuities over time
- Women's voices
- Issue coverage
- Personalization
- Reporting women voters
- The women's vote
- Women's values and motivations
- Women's issues?
- Home economics: 1918-79
- Health and welfare: 1983-2017
- Equality
- Women's voices
- Conclusion
- 4 The Spouses and Relatives: From 'Ideal Election Wife' to 'Just Another Political Wife'
- Power relations
- Politicians' wives in the media
- Changes and continuities over time
- Relatives on the campaign trail
- Public, private, or both?
- Political activists: 1918-45
- Supportive wives: 1950-83
- Lady Macbeth? 1987-2010
- 'Today's wife must smile nicely. Today's wife must not rock the boat': 2010-151
- Personal lives, political interpretations
- Visual appeal: 'looks every inch a budding Prime Minister's wife'2
- Conclusion
- 5 The Leaders: 'Iron Ladies' and 'Dangerous' Women
- Women, leadership, and media
- Changes and continuities over time
- Evaluative coverage
- Leaders' voices
- Personalization
- Party leaders in the news
- Gendered leadership: representing women
- Double binds
- Women and emotions (the womb/brain double bind)
- Best woman for the job: competence/femininity
- Personalization
- Leadership traits
- Private lives
- Appearance
- Conclusion
- 6 Lessons from a Century of Reporting on Women in Elections
- Women in election news: similarities and differences
- Presence and voices
- Women's issues?
- Inescapable womanhood
- Undermining women
- Personalization
- Gendering election studies
- Campaign agenda setting
- Process news versus policy
- Presidentialization/personalization
- Negativity
- References
- Primary sources
- Secondary sources
- Index
- Back Cover