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- Title
Religion and Gender in the News: The Case of Promise Keepers, Feminists, and the "Stand in the Gap" Rally.
- Authors
Abbott, Jennifer Young
- Abstract
The Christian men's group, Promise Keepers, received glowing television news coverage for its 1997 rally in Washington, D.C., which defied typical coverage of religious organizations. Scholars have attributed the positive stories to the lack of airtime for the group's feminist critics. I argue, however, that the television news reports favored Promise Keepers because of the feminists' presence in the news stories. The news media characterized both groups in contrast to each other, portraying Promise Keepers as "feminine" and the feminists as "masculine." In contrasting genders, the media endorsed Promise Keepers' sincerity and dismissed the feminists' concerns as paranoid. This study helps to explain Promise Keepers' rise to fame and subsequent fall, and it modifies theories about media gendering and framing.
- Subjects
PROMISE Keepers (Organization); PUBLIC demonstrations; CHRISTIAN men; SOCIOLOGY; CHRISTIANS; RELIGION &; gender; SOCIETIES
- Publication
Journal of Communication & Religion, 2006, Vol 29, Issue 2, p224
- ISSN
0894-2838
- Publication type
Article