When do women get a voice? explaining the presence of female news sources in belgian news broadcasts (2003-5)

European Journal of Communication

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 69-84

  de Swert, Knut ^a   Hooghe, Marc ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Belgium; Broadcast news; Gender diversity; Gender representation; Public broadcasting; Reporters

Indexed keywords

EID: 77949345982     PISSN: 02673231     EISSN: 14603705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0267323109354229     Document Type: Article

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