In all media outlets, women are cited as sources far less often than men, according to a new Project for Excellence in Journalism study... released on Monday (May 23).
Cable news and the PBS NewsHour ranked lowest in terms of percentage of stories with at least one female source, at 19% and 17% respectively. Network TV came in at 27%, morning shows at 34%, news Web sites at 36%, and print newspapers at 41%.
Even though newspapers are the news medium most likely to cite at least one woman in a story, they are still more than twice as likely to consult at least one male source (88%), according to the nine-month study.
~Isn't it a running joke that all men are clueless about the day-to-day things that matter to the people closest to them? Anniversaries, birthdays, etc? That within relationships, with children, family-members and co-workers aren't women the 'go-to' people when it comes to personal information? One might have the impression women are much better than men with verbal communication and the knowledge of others yet in the media men are more informative than women? We expect men to explain what's going on? How does that work exactly? Isn't that counter-intuitive?
Posted by Cieciel at May 24, 2005 09:12 PM