Gender and the media in Mauritius: a snapshot in perspective

Journal of social development in Africa Pub Date : 2005-05-20 DOI:10.4314/JSDA.V19I2.23891

Mayila Paroomal

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The article examined the quantitative findings of a study on Gender and the Media in Mauritius, spanning a period of one month. Nine media outlets, representing approximately one-third of all media outlets, from print, radio and television, both public and privately-owned, were chosen for the study. The unit of the study were news items from newspapers (excluding advertisements, letters to the editor and supplements) and news bulletins. In all, 3003 news items were monitored to capture a specified set of data: the sources used in the item, who presented the item and who featured in the item. The results indicated that women\'s voices and views are grossly under-represented in the Mauritian media: women constitute only 17 per cent of news sources, a figure close to the global average of 18 per cent. What the public hears, sees and reads daily in the Mauritian media is written and reported primarily by men. Moreover, men\'s voices dominate in all hard news categories. In certain occupational categories, women\'s voices are virtually unheard. Key words: gender, media, women, news, media representation Journal of Social Development in Africa Vol.19(2) 2004: 134-160

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毛里求斯的性别与媒体:透视透视

这篇文章审查了一项为期一个月的毛里求斯性别与媒体研究的数量结果。九家媒体机构被选为这项研究的对象，它们约占所有媒体机构的三分之一，包括公共和私营的印刷、广播和电视。研究的单位是报纸上的新闻(不包括广告、给编辑的信和增刊)和新闻公报。总共监视了3003个新闻条目，以捕获一组指定的数据:条目中使用的来源、呈现条目的人以及在条目中出现的人。结果表明，妇女的声音和观点在毛里求斯媒体中的代表性严重不足:妇女只占新闻来源的17%，这一数字接近全球18%的平均水平。公众每天在毛里求斯媒体中听到、看到和读到的内容主要是由男子撰写和报道的。此外，男性的声音在所有硬新闻类别中都占主导地位。在某些职业类别中，妇女的声音几乎无人听到。关键词:性别、媒体、妇女、新闻、媒体代表《非洲社会发展》Vol.19(2) 2004: 134-160

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