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Abstract Interrelations between politics and media are often described as a power-play, a rumba or even a danse macabre, and the key question of political communication is “who leads and who follows” in the “power-play between politicians and journalists” (Ross, 2010, p. 274). As today “[m]eaning, media and ... view more
Interrelations between politics and media are often described as a power-play, a rumba or even a danse macabre, and the key question of political communication is “who leads and who follows” in the “power-play between politicians and journalists” (Ross, 2010, p. 274). As today “[m]eaning, media and politics become blurred, but arguably in highly gendered ways” (Holmes, 2007, p. 12), gender inevitably enters the discussion of the journalists – politicians’ interactions. Based on interviews with 40 Russian and Swedish political reporters working for the “quality” press, this paper discusses the role of gender as a social practice (Löfgren Nilsson, 2010) in journalists – politicians’ communication in different political and cultural contexts, which Russia and Sweden represent. The paper answers the following questions: Do journalists perceive the interrelations with politicians as gendered? Do they use gendered interrelations strategically to acquire information efficiently? How do the gendered political communication practices differ dependent on the political and cultural context?... view less
Keywords
Russia; Sweden; journalist; gender-specific factors; political communication; reporting
Classification
Women's Studies, Feminist Studies, Gender Studies
Communicator Research, Journalism
Document language
English
Publication Year
2014
Page/Pages
p. 145-171
Journal
ESSACHESS - Journal for Communication Studies, 7 (2014) 2
Issue topic
How does Gender matter? Analyzing media discourses, media organizations and media practices
ISSN
1775-352X
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed