Full Description
Despite decades of women's participation in politics and the increasing number of LGBTQ individuals who are seeking and winning political office, the gender identities of Canadian politicians continue to attract media and public attention and shape the way these individuals are perceived and evaluated.
Gendered Mediation takes an original, intersectional approach to these issues by building upon the gendered mediation thesis to argue that political communication and reporting reinforces impressions of politics as a masculine domain that privileges men and treats women as outsiders. Organized into three sections, the book investigates politicians' gendered strategies for shaping their own and others' public images, the gendered characteristics of media coverage of politicians, and voter reactions to these self-presentations and media depictions.
By examining how sexuality, race, age, and class intersect with gender to produce differing political identities and responses, the contributors make new theoretical and empirical interventions into research on gender and political communication. Their findings have profound implications for democracy not only in Canada but for democratic political systems elsewhere.
Contents
Introduction: Gendered Identities and Political Communication / Angelia Wagner and Joanna Everitt
Part 1: Politicians' Gendered Strategies to Shape Their Public Image
1 Candidates' Self-Presentation Strategies: Filling in the Gaps / Elizabeth Goodyear-Grant
2 Competing Masculinities and Political Campaigns / Jerald Sabin and Kyle Kirkup
3 Not a Taboo Topic? Talking about Family on the Campaign Trail / Angelia Wagner
Part 2: Gender-Based Media Coverage of Politicians
4 Processes of Differentiation in the 2014 Toronto Mayoral Race / Bailey Gerrits and Randy Besco
5 Breaking the Concrete Ceiling: Media Portrayals of Racialized Women in Politics / Erin Tolley
6 May the Best Man Win: Masculinity in Canadian Political Humour / Daisy Raphael
7 Examining Mediation of Female and LGBTQ-Identifying Candidates / Karalena McLean in Collaboration with Angelia Wagner and Joanna Everitt
Part 3: Reactions to Gendered (Re)presentations
8 Words and Deeds: Social Movement Actors' Assessments of Allied Politicians / Elise Maiolino
9 She's Too Tough and He's Too Soft: Measuring How Gendered News Frames Affect Voters' Evaluation of Party Leaders / Catherine Lemarier-Saulnier and Thierry Giasson
10 Gender and Candidate Communication: Is There a "Double Bind"? / Elisabeth Gidengil, Delia Dumitrescu, and Dietlind Stolle
11 Exploring Viewer Reactions to Media Coverage of Female Politicians / Joanna Everitt, Lisa Best, and Derek Gaudet
Conclusion: The Complexity of Gendered Identities in Canadian Politics / Elisabeth Gidengil
Contributors; Index
