Sociology 2241E Study Guide - News Values, 3 Women, Status Quo
7 Jan 2015
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Unconventional politicians: gender and media coverage of canadian leaders" debates. By: gidengil & everitt: news reports are regularly presenting using a masculine narrative filled with images of battlefield and sports arena, gendered nature of news and coverage of party leaders in canadian elections. Image and language of mediated politics support male as norm (status quo) and regard women politicians as novelties. In order to test gendered mediation they had a system assessment of how each leader behaved. Debate behavior: mclaughlin and mcdonough engaged in less confrontational behavior while. Campbell opt for more combative style of debating. If their thesis is right they expect a lot of coverage on campbell"s combativeness. Metaphoric language: news is masculine narrative, dominated by stereotypically masculine images, this is true on tv with leader debates in recent canadian elections. In 1993, almost 1/3 of metaphors used in reports were language of warfare:
