Women Working in Media Careers
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The Inequalities for Women working in Media Careers
editMen and Women both have difficulties in their careers in media. Difficulties for Women and Men in Media develop in different ways due to unequal expectations for Women in Media versus Men in Media Careers. Women often have difficulty working in media related careers where the unequal representation of Gender is largely evident. Research proves that Women in Media Careers are highly impacted by many factors including Gender inequality and The Gender Pay gap as well as other factors such as Sexism in the workplace. Factors such as these lead to many women leaving their careers in media before their time as a worker is done.[1]
The Global Report on the Status of Women in the News Media was an International Report released by the The International Women's Media Foundation which stated the differences and Inequalities Women face in careers in Media.[2]
The International Women's Media Foundation's Report and presentation says that it necessary in the news room to to have equal gender representation to ensure the information presented in the news reflects the whole population. [3]
Equality in the news media is the way to achieve equal representation in the media. "Demand that the media you consume reflect the diversity of the public they serve". [4]
The Women's Media Center has released statistics that women are underrepresented in the media. Over half of the population of the world is female. In order for the news to reflect the entire population, half of the people writing and presenting the news, and making large decisions in media would need to be female to reflect the population accordingly.[5]
Women in Sports Media
editJournalism also has many evident inequalities for Men and Women. The amount of Women and Men working in Media is very disproportionate to the amount of each in the population. 90% of writers and journalists were male in on-line sports writing.[6] The Association for Women in Sports Media helps to support Women in sports media, and journalism related careers. [7]
Works Cited
edit- ^ O'Brien, Anne (November 2014). "'Men own television': why women leave media work". Media Culture Society. 36 (8): Abstract.
{{cite journal}}:|access-date=requires|url=(help) - ^ Byerly, Ph.D, Carolyn M. (2011). Global Report of the Status of Women in the News Media (PDF). p. 8-9. ISBN 978-0-615-45270-8. Retrieved 14 October 2015.
- ^ "Global Report". International Women's Media Foundation. Retrieved 12 October 2015.
- ^ "How To Detect Bias In News Media". FAIR. Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting. Retrieved 20 October 2015.
- ^ "The Problem". Women's Media Center. Retrieved 20 October 2015.
- ^ Sneed, Tierney. "Women Underrepresented in Media Across Platforms, Report Finds". U.S.News. Retrieved 21 October 2015.
- ^ "Association for Women in Sports Media". Association for Women in Sports Media. 14 October 2015. Retrieved 14 October 2015.