Women are on, but not in, the news: Gender roles in local television news

Sex Roles

Volumn 62, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 822-829

  Desmond, Roger ^a   Danilewicz, Anna ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HARTFORD   (United States)

^b Cox Radio ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Gender differences; News sources; News story topics; Television news

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954690618     PISSN: 03600025     EISSN: 15732762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11199-009-9686-5     Document Type: Article

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