Time Trends in Printed News Coverage of Female Subjects, 1880–2008

Journalism Studies

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 759-773

  Shor, Eran ^a   van de Rijt, Arnout ^b   Ward, Charles ^c   Blank Gomel, Aharon ^a   Skiena, Steven ^d  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NONE

^d Stony Brook University   (United States)

Author keywords

gender; inequality; media coverage; news; press; time trends; women

Indexed keywords

EID: 84918823798     PISSN: 1461670X     EISSN: 14699699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1461670X.2013.834149     Document Type: Article

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