Meta analysis of women politician portrait in mass media frames
In every discourse on women, the issue of gender equality and how the involvement of the media in the struggle for gender equality always arises. This issue occurs not only in countries that are not yet democratically established, but also in countries that have had established democratic systems....
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Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
2020
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| Online Access: | http://journalarticle.ukm.my/16057/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/16057/1/40801-130329-1-SM.pdf |
| Summary: | In every discourse on women, the issue of gender equality and how the involvement of the media in
the struggle for gender equality always arises. This issue occurs not only in countries that are not yet
democratically established, but also in countries that have had established democratic systems. This
study aims to describe the portrait of women politicians in a mass media frame. The portrait was
examined based upon the results of previous studies using meta-analysis methods. The unit of analysis
used in this study is written documents obtained from the result of a research on women politicians
and mass media in the form of journal articles and research reports taken purposively by adjusting
them to the research theme. This study uses quantitative data analysis with percentages and
qualitative data analysis for data obtained from the results of a narrative study of the researches that
were found. The results show that the media in America, Europe, Africa, and Asia, with different levels
of democratic establishment, have treated female politicians in the same way as male politicians, by
framing female politicians negatively and applying standards that are detrimental to women. Women
politicians are presented by the media in terms of gender and femininity instead of ability, strength of
vision, and competence in politics. Portraits of women in the frame of the mass media are still blurred
in America, Europe, Africa and Asia. |
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