Women in Newsrooms: Idle Hopes for the Conquest of the Masculine Fortress
Women in Newsrooms: Idle Hopes for the Conquest of the Masculine Fortress

Summary/Abstract: The aim of this paper is to systematize and review academic texts dealing with the presence (absence) of women in the newsrooms, both as decision makers and staff members, and its impact on media content. The author argues that that there is no direct or causal relationship between the presence or absence of women in the newsrooms and the gender stereotypes in the media content, as there are many others factors affecting both the media content and the individual gender performance. The paper offers a detailed discussion of some of these factors, e. g. non-dichotomic gender essence, the absence of feminine solidarity, institutional factors and media logic, horizontal and vertical newsroom segregation, sexual harassment and others.

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