Political Leadership in the Media: Gender Bias in Leader Stereotypes during Campaign and Routine Times

British Journal of Political Science - Tập 50 Số 3 - Trang 911-931 - 2020
Loes Aaldering1, Daphne van der Pas2
1Department of Political Science, University of Amsterdam
2Department of Communication, University of Vienna

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This article studies gender differences in media portrayals of political leadership, starting with the expectation that male politicians are evaluated more often on traits belonging to the male leader stereotype, and that female politicians have no such advantage. These gender differences are expected to be especially pronounced during non-campaign periods. To test these expectations, a large-scale automated content analysis of all Dutch national newspapers from September 2006 to September 2012 was conducted. The results show that male politicians received more media coverage on leadership traits in general, although the male and female leader stereotypes explain most of the variation in gender bias between leadership traits. These gender effects are found during seldom-studied routine periods but not during campaigns. As leadership trait coverage has electoral consequences, this gender-differentiated coverage likely contributes to the under-representation of women in politics.

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British Journal of Political Science

Tập 50 Số 3

911-931

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