THE FIRST ROMANIAN FEMALE PRIME MINISTER IN THE NATIONAL NEWS: TOPICS AND PATTERNS OF MEDIA COVERAGE
THE FIRST ROMANIAN FEMALE PRIME MINISTER IN THE NATIONAL NEWS: TOPICS AND PATTERNS OF MEDIA COVERAGE
Author(s): Simona Rodat
Subject(s): Social Sciences, Media studies, Communication studies, Theory of Communication
Published by: Факултет по журналистика и масова комуникация, Софийски университет „Св. Кл. Охридски”
Keywords: female prime minister; media coverage; media framing; mediatization; Romania
Summary/Abstract: Since January 2018, the government of Romania is headed by a woman, Vasilica Viorica Dăncilă, the first female prime minister in the history of the country. Beyond other controversial issues relating to the political situation in Romania, especially those in connectionwith the frequent changes of prime ministers in recent years, media covered the appointment ofMrs. Dăncilă as prime minister with special scrutiny, paying attention to details that were notregarded as such in the case of the prior appointed male prime ministers. Thus, discussions could be encountered in the press, on themes mostly or only related to women, such as: how does this person look, how she dresses, how is her hairdo, what “female tricks” she uses, through what specific female strategies did she manage to have this rising political career or what man she owes her success.
Book: Communication Management: Theory and Practice in the 21st Century
- Page Range: 14-27
- Page Count: 14
- Publication Year: 2020
- Language: English
- Content File-PDF
