Violators, virtuous, or victims? How global newspapers represent the female member of parliament

• Main Authors: JOSHI, Devin K., HAILU, Meseret F., REISING, Lauren J.
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2020
• Subjects: Framing; mass media; parliament; representation; women; Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies; Political Science
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/3083; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/soss_research/article/4340/viewcontent/Violators_av.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

Previous research finds mass media often frames female members of parliament (FMPs) as novelties, violators, or deviants intruding in a masculine domain. However, most of these studies have focused on a small number of primarily Western nations. Inspired by new research on the normalization of women...