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Copyright Sveuciliste u Zagrebu, Fakultet Politckih Znanosti 2011

Abstract

This article assesses the particularly low level of women represented on national primetime television newscasts in Croatia. In doing so, it presents the results of a content analysis covering a random, stratified sample of HTV, Nova TV, and RTL primetime news broadcasts over the years 2009 and 2010. According to these results, women are significantly underrepresented as main characters, experts, or even persons relevant to news stories concerning issues or problems. In particular, the results are most apparent on the primetime newscast Dnevnik, broadcasted daily on Croatia's main public television station. Ideally, this news broadcast should rank among the best in terms of gender equality, given the principles of equality stipulated throughout Croatian law (and especially where it concerns programming legislation). Concerning the analyzed content, when women serve as the main characters in a news story, their emotional response to an issue appears to be almost obligatory. Further, women are often portrayed as victims, or as a figure to galvanize a rather black and white response, i.e. they are to be praised or blamed. Adding to this gender discrepancy, statistics show that more women than men have earned BA and MA degrees, which not only highlights the unbalanced representation of women on television news, but also distorts the actual level of female participation in society, particularly where it regards socio-political fields.

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Title
ŽENE U TELEVIZIJSKIM VIJESTIMA - ANALIZA SREDIŠNJIH INFORMATIVNIH EMISIJA HTV-A, RTL-A I NOVE TV
Author
Knežević, Svjetlana 1 ; Car, Viktorija 2 

 diplomirala na Studiju novinarstva Fakulteta političkih znanosti Sveučilišta u Zagrebu :: [email protected] 
 Sveučilište u Zagrebu, Fakultet političkih znanosti :: [email protected] Rad se temelji na istraživanju koje je Svjetlana Knežević uz mentorstvo dr. sc. Viktorije Car provela za svoj diplomski rad "Predstavljenost žena u središnjim informativnim emisijama HRT-a, RTL-a i Nove TV u 2009. i 2010. godini" koji je obranila na Sveučilištu u Zagrebu, na Fakultetu političkih znanosti, 21. listopada 2011. Rad je dobio drugu nagradu na natječaju Centra za ženske studije za 2011. godinu za studentski rad na temu žena, odnosno rodne problematike 
Pages
76-93
Publication year
2011
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Sveuciliste u Zagrebu, Fakultet Politckih Znanosti
ISSN
18479758
e-ISSN
18485030
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
Croatian
ProQuest document ID
1954229467
Copyright
Copyright Sveuciliste u Zagrebu, Fakultet Politckih Znanosti 2011