Gender, politics and media: sterotypical representations. How do we draw the line?

The article explores specific intersections within the gender, politics and media triangle in order to better understand the positioning of media in regards to political representation of women. The broad theoretical umbrella is political representation as conceptualized by Hanna F. Pitkin (1967) an...

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Main Author: Oana Băluţă
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Facultatea de Stiinte Politice, SNSPA 2015-03-01
Series:Sfera Politicii
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Online Access:http://www.sferapoliticii.ro/sfera/183/art10-Baluta.php
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description The article explores specific intersections within the gender, politics and media triangle in order to better understand the positioning of media in regards to political representation of women. The broad theoretical umbrella is political representation as conceptualized by Hanna F. Pitkin (1967) and further on by Sarah Childs (2008). It also describes how social media may be used to challenge, deconstruct or emphasize gender stereotypes by grounding the analysis in the 2014 presidential elections.
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spelling doaj.art-d0508c38c61c4824819af9b9b5b9f6532022-12-21T23:22:16ZengFacultatea de Stiinte Politice, SNSPASfera Politicii1221-67201221-67202015-03-01XXIII1 (183)105119Gender, politics and media: sterotypical representations. How do we draw the line?Oana Băluţă0University of BucharestThe article explores specific intersections within the gender, politics and media triangle in order to better understand the positioning of media in regards to political representation of women. The broad theoretical umbrella is political representation as conceptualized by Hanna F. Pitkin (1967) and further on by Sarah Childs (2008). It also describes how social media may be used to challenge, deconstruct or emphasize gender stereotypes by grounding the analysis in the 2014 presidential elections.http://www.sferapoliticii.ro/sfera/183/art10-Baluta.phppolitical representationdescriptive and symbolic representationtraditional media and new/social media
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Gender, politics and media: sterotypical representations. How do we draw the line?
Sfera Politicii
political representation
descriptive and symbolic representation
traditional media and new/social media
title Gender, politics and media: sterotypical representations. How do we draw the line?
title_full Gender, politics and media: sterotypical representations. How do we draw the line?
title_fullStr Gender, politics and media: sterotypical representations. How do we draw the line?
title_full_unstemmed Gender, politics and media: sterotypical representations. How do we draw the line?
title_short Gender, politics and media: sterotypical representations. How do we draw the line?
title_sort gender politics and media sterotypical representations how do we draw the line
topic political representation
descriptive and symbolic representation
traditional media and new/social media
url http://www.sferapoliticii.ro/sfera/183/art10-Baluta.php
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