Filtering the female: Television news coverage of the 1993 Canadian leaders’ debates

Women and Politics

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 105-131

  Gidengil, Elisabeth ^a   Everitt, Joanna ^b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canada; Gender; Media; Party leaders; Sound bites

Indexed keywords

EID: 0007088650     PISSN: 01957732     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J014v21n04_04     Document Type: Article

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