The Differences in the Media Constructions of the Narratives of Male and Female Political Candidates
Description:
This study views the media as a powerful agent which constructs the narratives of political candidates. In order to determine whether the media constructs the narratives of male and female political candidates differently, newspaper articles were analyzed for two 1994 Congressional races, each involving a male and a female candidate (Thurman versus Garlits and Byrne versus Davis). The first research question posed the following question: Does the media devote more coverage to male or female can…
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Date:
May 1998
Creator:
Paschal, Lori L. (Lori Lynne)
Partner:
UNT Libraries