Media in the Maritimes: Do Female Candidates Face a Bias?

Authors

  • Joanna Everitt University of New Brunswick - Saint John.

Keywords:

Mass media, Gender bias, Media coverage, Women politicians, Atlantic Canada

Abstract

This paper studies election coverage received by candidates in Canada's Maritime provinces. It examines six regional newspapers and concludes that there are few gender biases in terms of quantity of coverage. However, women receive more coverage of their background characteristics than men. They also receive more issue coverage.

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Published

2003-04-01

Issue

Vol. 27 No. 2 (2003): Health Panic and Women's Health

Section

Special Collection: Women's Exercise of Political Power: Building Leaderships in Atlantic Canada

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