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Gender in Spanish Daily Newspapers

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The purpose of this study was to examine the portrayal of women and men in a Spanish daily newspaper and to find whether there were gender differences among the authors of the articles in said newspaper. A content analysis was conducted of 4,060 articles and advertisements from 24 issues of a randomly selected, large-circulation, Spanish newspaper. Men were found to be more commonly featured in the articles, photographs, and advertisements than women, and they would usually be soldiers, athletes or high-rank businessmen much more often than women were. Furthermore, we determined that the reporters writing the articles were more likely to be men than women. And, in addition, men were more likely to be cited as sources than women.

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This research was supported by grants from the Directorate General for Research from the Spanish Ministry of Science and Education (SEJ2004-00749/PSIC and PSI2008-02543/PSIC). The authors thank the editors and reviewers for their helpful comments.

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  1. Department of Personality, Assessment and Psychological Treatment, University of La Laguna, La Laguna, Spain

    M. Pilar Matud

  2. Department of Information Sciences, University of La Laguna, La Laguna, Spain

    Carmen Rodríguez & Inmaculada Espinosa

  3. Facultad de Psicología, University of La Laguna, Campus de Guajara, 38205, La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain

    M. Pilar Matud

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Matud, M.P., Rodríguez, C. & Espinosa, I. Gender in Spanish Daily Newspapers. Sex Roles 64, 253–264 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11199-010-9874-3

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