Issues of Gender Equality and Diversity in Broadcast News Policy

• Kristina Widestedt ^[1]
  1. [1] Stockholm University

     Stockholm University

     Suecia

     
• Localización: Nordicom review: Nordic research on media & communication, ISSN 1403-1108, Vol. 29, Nº. 1, 2008, págs. 45-62
• Idioma: inglés
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  • The objective of this article is to investigate the relationship between concerns for diver- sity and concerns for gender equality in broadcasting companies from Sweden, the UK and the US. This is carried out through analyses of policy documents accessible on the com- panies’ websites. The contents of the policies and their definitions of diversity are dis-cussed in a context of gender equality and multiculturalism. The concluding results of the study indicate national differences in definitions and applications of diversity, but also, and more importantly, a similar tendency in all three countries to subordinate concerns for gender equality to concerns for diversity.