Women, the Press and Invisibility: Quantification of an Oversight

Authors

  • Óscar Sánchez-Alonso Author Pontificia Universidad de Salamanca
  • Nuria Quintana-Paz Author Pontificia Universidad de Salamanca
  • Juan F. Plaza Author Pontificia Universidad de Salamanca

Keywords:

Female prominence, women, invisibility, informative treatment, quantitative method.

Abstract

Women’s role in public life was curbed (or directly excluded) throughout long periods in history. With that situation now subsiding, the visibility of women’s prominence and leadership is substantial when it comes to consolidating and reinforcing a genuine change in tendency. Women’s social visibility is a requirement for justice and a basic condition for the quality of any democratic State. Visualization provided by the media will be decisive to that social visibility. This article is guided by that search and is based on a comparative analysis of the Spanish daily newspapers with national circulation and those of a regional nature, specifically in the regions of Castilla and León (Spain). Quantitative findings are presented.

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Author Biographies

Óscar Sánchez-Alonso, Pontificia Universidad de Salamanca

Doctor en Comunicación. Profesor, Pontificia Universidad de Salamanca, España. oscarsanchezalonso@gmail.com

Nuria Quintana-Paz, Pontificia Universidad de Salamanca

Doctora en Comunicación. Profesora, Pontificia Universidad de Salamanca, España. nquintanapa@upsa.es

Juan F. Plaza, Pontificia Universidad de Salamanca

Doctor en Comunicación. Profesor, Pontificia Universidad de Salamanca,
España. jplazasa@upsa.es

How to Cite

Sánchez-Alonso, Óscar, Quintana-Paz, N., & Plaza, J. F. (2010). Women, the Press and Invisibility: Quantification of an Oversight. Palabra Clave, 12(2). Retrieved from https://palabraclave.unisabana.edu.co/index.php/palabraclave/article/view/1567

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Section

Communicative realities