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Media Representation and Gendered Discourse

Media
Political Leadership
Representation
Qualitative
Quantitative
P123
Gwendolyn Mingham
Technical University of Munich
Orly Siow
Lunds Universitet

Abstract

This panel examines how gendered discourse in media and information infrastructures shapes political legitimacy, leadership perceptions, and electoral outcomes. The papers examine how gendered language and imagery shape assumptions about authority, competence, and “fit” for office, linking representations to downstream consequences such as public attitudes about leadership and electoral careers/performance. Spanning post-Soviet states, Western Europe, and East Asian democracies methods, the panel combines diverse methods such as algorithm analysis, large-scale surveys, content analysis,regression analysis and elite interviews. Across these cases and approaches, the shared focus is how news and information environments reproduce (or reshape) gendered representations with tangible political effects for women politicians.

Title Details
Linguistic Patriarchies of the Past: Gendered Discourse and Authoritarian Legitimization in Post-Soviet Memory Politics View Paper Details
Not All Media Sexism Hurts the Same: Disaggregating Media Bias and Electoral Penalties View Paper Details
Gender, Ideology, and the Mediation of Political Leadership in the 2022 French Presidential Campaign View Paper Details
Gendered Trait Associations in Cross-national Comparison View Paper Details