2023/02/13 by Aliya Andrich, Marko Bachl, Emese Domahidi · 1 voice · 12 citations
Psychology · Social Sciences · #Attribution #Competence (human resources) #Empathy #Gender Politics and Representation #Gender, Feminism, and Media #Law #Mass media #Media Studies and Communication #Media coverage #Media studies #News media #Political science #Politics #Psychology #Social psychology #Sociology #Trait
paper · doi:10.1177/10776990221142248
published in Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly 100(3), 473-497 (SAGE Publishing)
openalex publication_date 2023/02/13 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/15
In this study, we examine gender differences in political news coverage to determine whether the media employ stereotypical traits in portrayals of 1,095 U.S. politicians. Using a sample of over 5 million U.S. news stories published from 2010 to 2020, we study the media’s attribution of gender-linked ( feminine, masculine) and political ( leadership, competence, integrity, empathy) traits to U.S. politicians and present new longitudinal evidence for political gender stereotyping in the news. Our findings show that certain gender differences are present in news coverage (e.g., physical traits), some of which have remained unchanged over the past decade (e.g., integrity traits).