“Who Speaks in Television?“

A comparative study of male and female participation in television programmes of the six partner broadcasting companies, 1997-98

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Women and men in partners companies‘ television programmes:

• There is not a single genre in which women are better represented than men.
  Two extremes:
  Sports: 12% women
  Children‘s and youth programming: 44% women
• The largest female participation is found in in programmes dealing with: human relations, family, social and health issues
• Women are least represented in programmes dealing with: crime, technology/science, sport
• Women are more often seen in roles with low status:
  

  Ordinary citizens	47% women
  Victims	37% women
  Politicians	28% women
  Experts	20% women

• Younger women appear more often than older women:
  

  Up to 19 years	51% women
  20-34 years	43% women
  35-49 years	32% women
  50 years +	20% women

• further results of Who Speaks!