Gender and politics in Brazilian journalism

Authors

  • Luís Felipe Miguel Universidade de Brasília
  • Flávia Biroli Universidade de Brasília

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15448/1980-3729.2008.36.4412

Keywords:

Gender, politics, journalism

Abstract

This paper analyses representations of women in brazilian politics based on a large sample of brazilian daily television news and weekly news magazines. We understand that, besides the challenges taken by women to become candidates and run for public offices, they face specific difficulties to get to central positions in the political field. Gender stereotypes remain, limiting women’s political action and its visibility in the news, in a process in which one of these terms feeds back the other. In other words, the scope that is considered “proper” for women in politics is also one that weekly impels their carriers and has less visibility in political news.

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Author Biographies

Luís Felipe Miguel, Universidade de Brasília

Professor do departamento de Ciência Política da Universidade de Brasília

Flávia Biroli, Universidade de Brasília

Professora do departamento de Psicologia Geral e Experimental da Universidade de Brasília

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Published

2008-11-20

How to Cite

Miguel, L. F., & Biroli, F. (2008). Gender and politics in Brazilian journalism. Revista FAMECOS, 15(36), 24–39. https://doi.org/10.15448/1980-3729.2008.36.4412

Issue

Vol. 15 No. 36 (2008)

Section

Mentions Highlight - Compós 2008

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