Representations of women parliamentary candidates in new media

Authors

  • Andrea Baeza Reyes Universidad de Chile
  • Silvia Lamadrid Álvarez Universidad de Chile

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.7764/cdi.39.784

Keywords:

new media, gender, parliamentary electoral campaigns, critical discourse analysis (CDA)

Abstract

This paper investigates the social representations built by parliamentary female candidates during the 2013 electoral campaign in Chile. Considering the low female political representation and the role of new media for mediated politics, we revised the Twitter accounts of women aspiring to the National Congress for the period 2014- 2018. Applying a critical discourse analysis, we detected progressive or traditional representations in terms of politics, but indifference regarding gender issues or their reduction to family topics. This poses challenges to the media representation of the women’s needs for their political autonomy

Author Biographies

Andrea Baeza Reyes, Universidad de Chile

Sociologist, University of Chile. She is assistant of research and publications of the Center of Cognitive Development of the Diego Portales University. Member of the Gender Center Julieta Kirkwood and the Editorial Committee of the Punto Género Magazine, from the University of Chile. Her lines of research are gender sociology, media and education.

Silvia Lamadrid Álvarez, Universidad de Chile

Sociologist from the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. She holds a Ph.D. in History, with focus on History of Chile from the University of Chile. She is academic of the Department of Sociology of the University of Chile, where she coordinates the Gender Center Julieta Kirkwood. She is editor of the Punto Género Magazine. Her lines of research are gender sociology, collective action, gender history.

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Published

2020-11-26

How to Cite

Baeza Reyes, A., & Lamadrid Álvarez, S. (2020). Representations of women parliamentary candidates in new media. Cuadernos.Info, (39), 67–86. https://doi.org/10.7764/cdi.39.784

Issue

No. 39 (2016): Dossier: Comunicación y género: viejos problemas, nuevos desafíos

Section

MAIN TOPIC