Intersectional Stereotyping in Media Coverage: The Case of Stacey Abrams Versus Stacey Evans in Georgia

IF 1.6 3区社会学 Q2 POLITICAL SCIENCE

Journal of Women Politics & Policy Pub Date : 2021-11-26 DOI:10.1080/1554477X.2022.2005388

Heather M. Hicks

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Abstract

ABSTRACT Research on race and gender in the media finds that stereotypes often influence the type of coverage that women and minority candidates receive during campaigns. However, much less is known about the specific stereotypes that women candidates of color face in the media. To understand the challenges and opportunities that women candidates of color encounter, political scientists must take a closer look at the way they are portrayed in the news. As a first step, I conduct a content analysis of Georgia’s 2018 Democratic gubernatorial primary, comparing the stereotypes used in campaign coverage of the two candidates – Stacey Abrams and Stacey Evans. I find that newspaper coverage of Stacey Abrams contained many more references to agentic stereotypes, like assertiveness, than coverage of Stacey Evans. Moreover, I find that agentic traits are more likely to be negative when applied to Stacey Abrams than to Stacey Evans.

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媒体报道中的交叉刻板印象:乔治亚州斯泰西·艾布拉姆斯与斯泰西·埃文斯的案例

对媒体中种族和性别的研究发现，刻板印象往往会影响女性和少数族裔候选人在竞选期间获得的报道类型。然而，媒体对有色人种女性候选人的具体刻板印象知之甚少。为了理解有色人种女性候选人面临的挑战和机遇，政治学家必须仔细研究她们在新闻中被描绘的方式。作为第一步，我对2018年佐治亚州民主党州长初选进行了内容分析，比较了两位候选人斯泰西·艾布拉姆斯和斯泰西·埃文斯在竞选报道中使用的刻板印象。我发现报纸对斯泰西·艾布拉姆斯的报道比对斯泰西·埃文斯的报道更多地提到了主观成见，比如自信。此外，我发现，与斯泰西·埃文斯相比，斯泰西·艾布拉姆斯更有可能是消极的。

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Journal of Women Politics & Policy Multiple-

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1.80

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9.10%

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期刊介绍： The Journal of Women, Politics & Policy explores women and their roles in the political process as well as key policy issues that impact women''s lives. Articles cover a range of tops about political processes from voters to leaders in interest groups and political parties, and office holders in the legislative, executive, and judicial branches of government (including the increasingly relevant international bodies such as the European Union and World Trade Organization). They also examine the impact of public policies on women''s lives in areas such as tax and budget issues, poverty reduction and income security, education and employment, care giving, and health and human rights — including violence, safety, and reproductive rights — among many others. This multidisciplinary, international journal presents the work of social scientists — including political scientists, sociologists, economists, and public policy specialists — who study the world through a gendered lens and uncover how gender functions in the political and policy arenas. Throughout, the journal places a special emphasis on the intersection of gender, race/ethnicity, class, and other dimensions of women''s experiences.