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- Title
WOMEN MATTER IN NEWSROOMS: HOW POWER AND CRITICAL MASS RELATE TO THE COVERAGE OF THE HPV VACCINE.
- Authors
Correa, Teresa; Harp, Dustin
- Abstract
This study explored how female journalists affect news content when holding positions of power, reaching a critical mass in the newsroom, and covering an issue that appeals to them. The study compared a male-dominated news organization's coverage of the human papilloma virus (HPV) vaccine with coverage by a more gender-balanced organization in terms of news executives and reporters. It also explored whether content produced by female reporters front both organizations differed. The more gender-balanced organization covered the vaccine more frequently and more prominently, and used more diverse themes than its counterpart. The content created by female reporters at different outlets also diverged.
- Subjects
WOMEN in the press; PAPILLOMAVIRUSES; VACCINES; WOMEN journalists; MASS media &; women; DIVERSITY in the workplace
- Publication
Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly, 2011, Vol 88, Issue 2, p301
- ISSN
1077-6990
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1177/107769901108800205