For Further Research

 The first article I would recommend getting more information is “Countering Gender Stereotyping in the News Media” by Héloïse Hakimi Le Grand. This article is extremely good for getting information about how to solve the problem of gender stereotypes. It says that how men and women are represented in the article impact how people view men and women. One reason that gender stereotyping is common is because inclusivity is not common. For example, it was found that in the news media women are underrepresented, that women were subjects or sources 26% of the time and 31% of experts were women. To solve this problem, they held a panel to examine it and find solutions. Those solutions included education, incentives, regulations, leadership, and sources. Education includes educating and training newsrooms of the biases so people can understand what they are, and they can keep in mind. Incentives are important because it will motivate people to make a change. Regulations are important because it forces people to change, but they take a long time. Leadership is important because when people see their leaders supporting or doing something others are likely to follow. Sources are important because women are in these fields and are expects on subjects and should be included.   

The second article I would recommend is “Media’s Role in countering Gender Stereotyping” by Olga Komarova. This article says that women and girls portrayed in the media influence cultural norms and expectations on gender roles. Women are typically portrayed as caregivers, victims, or dependents and mean are typically portrayed as professional and independent leaders. It has become better, but it is still a huge problem. News being reported by women has increased by about 10% but women are still not being used as sources. Some ways to solve this are to educate the newsrooms on the issue, find women sources, speaking the language of the people (stating why it must be addressed), funding changing within, and implementing international regulation.

The final article I would recommend is “Gender and Media: Stereotyping in Advertising” by UNESCO. This article states the fact that women are only the focus of 10% of news stories, they are 20% of experts, and 4% of news stories are willing to challenge gender stereotypes. UNESCO wants to end these gender stereotypes. Ms. Corat “pointed out the threats to which women journalists are particular vulnerable – such as sexual violence and gender-based harassment.”. (UNESCO, 2019). These stereotypes affect women through child marriage, genital mutilation and teen pregnancy. The media also objectifies women frequently through advertising.

 

References:

Le Grand, H. H. (2021, April 9). Countering gender stereotyping in the news media. International Center for Journalists. Retrieved April 6, 2022, from https://www.icfj.org/news/countering-gender-stereotyping-news-media

Komarova, O. (2021, December 17). Media's role in countering gender stereotyping. GFMD. Retrieved April 6, 2022, from https://gfmd.info/medias-role-in-countering-gender-stereotyping/

UNESCO. (2019, September 13). Gender and media: Stereotyping in advertising. UNESCO. Retrieved April 6, 2022, from https://en.unesco.org/news/gender-and-media-stereotyping-advertising

Links:

Link to the first article: https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2018.02435/full

Link to the second article: https://gfmd.info/medias-role-in-countering-gender-stereotyping/

Link to the third article: https://en.unesco.org/news/gender-and-media-stereotyping-advertising