The Visibility of Women Experts in the Chilean Press During COVID-19
Journal
Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly
ISSN
1077-6990
2161-430X
Date Issued
2024
Author(s)
Teresa Vernal-Vilicic
Type
journal-article
Abstract
<jats:p> Few studies at the Ibero-American level have delved into the gender gaps present in expert and academic sources in the media. Therefore, through a media content analysis, 1,069 news items related to COVID-19 from three Chilean newspapers were analyzed, and 2,844 primary and secondary sources were identified, of which the minority were women. Therefore, in line with the objective of this study, low visibility of Chilean academics, experts, and politicians as predominant sources during the pandemic was observed, although positive advances in the use of feminine names to refer to them were identified. </jats:p>
Subjects
covid-19 pandemic
;
media
;
press
;
science
;
women in science