Kvinnor på de lokala redaktionerna: En kvalitativ intervjustudie om hur kvinnors arbetsuppgifter och behandling förändrats på de lokala redaktionerna efter #MeToo.
2023 (Swedish)Independent thesis Basic level (degree of Bachelor), 10 credits / 15 HE credits
Student thesisAlternative title
Women in the local newsrooms : a qualitative interview study about how women’s tasks and treatment has changed in the local newsrooms after #MeToo (English)
Abstract [en]
This study aims to examine whether there has been a difference for female journalists in local newsrooms in terms of task assignments and workplace environment since the #MeToo movement. We investigated whether there has been a difference in their treatment at the newsrooms and whether their duties have changed. The study used field theory and gender theory together with previous research that supports it. The study used qualitative interviews where we interviewed four female journalists and two female editors at various media companies in smaller towns around Sweden. The interviews were designed after semi-structured interviews in order to examine and understand women journalists’ experiences. Our research questions were “How do female journalists perceive that their areas of coverage have changed?” and “How has the treatment of female journalists changed in local newsrooms since #MeToo?” The results of the study shows that the tasks have become more equal, this is for journalists who work in local editorial offices, as the smaller newsrooms do not have the same opportunity to divide the news into smaller coverage areas as the large newsrooms. The results also show that female journalists write about both “hard” and “soft” news, which is a change from previous studies. In terms of #MeToo, the movement has not brought about a big change in how female journalists are treated. It has become more of a difference in the awareness of what is acceptable behaviour and what is not. The participants in the study say that both male and female managers and colleagues think more often about how they are perceived by those around them. They think about how they behave and express themselves towards others.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
2023. , p. 55
Keywords [en]
#MeToo, Gender equality, Women in newsrooms, qualitative method, work culture, field theory, gender media theory
National Category
Media Studies
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-118434OAI: oai:DiVA.org:lnu-118434DiVA, id: diva2:1727970
Subject / course
Journalism
Educational program
Journalism and Media Production Programme, 180 credits
Supervisors
Examiners
2023-05-082023-01-172023-05-08Bibliographically approved