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- Title
Is She 'Man Enough'? Women Candidates, Executive Political Offices, and News Coverage.
- Authors
Meeks, Lindsey
- Abstract
This study analyzes news coverage of 4 female political candidates-Elizabeth Dole, Claire McCaskill, Hillary Clinton, and Sarah Palin-and their male competitors, as each competed in 2 elections between 1999 and 2008. Analysis focused on novelty labeling, and 'feminine' and 'masculine' political issues and character traits to determine whether the coverage of women and men differed in general, and across the offices of Senator, Governor, Vice President, or President. Overall, women received more news coverage, and the gendered gap in coverage was especially large for novelty, issue, and trait coverage when women sought the 'executive' offices of Governor and in the White House. These findings provide insight into the evolving gender dynamics of women running within the masculinized domain of politics.
- Subjects
UNITED States; WOMEN political candidates; WOMEN in the press; DOLE, Elizabeth Hanford, 1936-; MCCASKILL, Claire, 1953-; CLINTON, Hillary Rodham, 1947-; PALIN, Sarah, 1964-; NOVELTY (Perception); EXECUTIVE departments; POLITICS &; gender; UNITED States politics &; government
- Publication
Journal of Communication, 2012, Vol 62, Issue 1, p175
- ISSN
0021-9916
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1460-2466.2011.01621.x