The Many Shades of Sexism : Female Journalists in Leadership
Positions Reflect on Barriers to Career Advancement in
Journalism

J 2024

The Many Shades of Sexism : Female Journalists in Leadership Positions Reflect on Barriers to Career Advancement in Journalism

URBÁNIKOVÁ, Marína and Tereza ČALADI

Basic information

Original name

The Many Shades of Sexism : Female Journalists in Leadership Positions Reflect on Barriers to Career Advancement in Journalism

Authors

URBÁNIKOVÁ, Marína and Tereza ČALADI

Edition

Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly, SAGE Publications, 2024, 1077-6990

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Článek v odborném periodiku

Field of Study

50800 5.8 Media and communications

Country of publisher

United States of America

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

References:

article - open access

Impact factor

Impact factor: 3.600 in 2022

Organization unit

Faculty of Social Studies

DOI

http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/10776990241240119

UT WoS

001199862800001

Keywords in English

career progression; Central and Eastern Europe; critical mass theory; Czech Republic; female journalists; gender barriers; leadership positions; vertical gender segregation; women in journalism

Abstract

V originále

Female journalists worldwide still struggle for adequate representation in leadership positions. This study contributes to the (mainly Western) scholarship on gender barriers in journalism by exploring the mechanism of vertical gender segregation in the journalistic profession in the Czech Republic, a non-Western country with the legacy of a women’s emancipation project sponsored by the former communist regime. Semi-structured interviews (N = 17) with female journalists in leadership positions revealed five main barriers: overall gender inequality in the Czech society; family and household responsibilities; lower self-esteem and ambition in women; sexism and sexual harassment; and masculine newsroom culture and “old boys’ clubs.”

Links

MUNI/A/1379/2020, interní kód MU

Name: Současné problémy výzkumu médií a jejich publik

Investor: Masaryk University

Citovat

URBÁNIKOVÁ, Marína and Tereza ČALADI. The Many Shades of Sexism : Female Journalists in Leadership Positions Reflect on Barriers to Career Advancement in Journalism. Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly. SAGE Publications, 2024, neuveden, neuveden, p. 1-24. ISSN 1077-6990. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1177/10776990241240119.

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URBÁNIKOVÁ, Marína and Tereza ČALADI. The Many Shades of Sexism : Female Journalists in Leadership Positions Reflect on Barriers to Career Advancement in Journalism. \textit{Journalism \&{} Mass Communication Quarterly}. SAGE Publications, 2024, neuveden, neuveden, p.~1-24. ISSN~1077-6990. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1177/10776990241240119.

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