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So for the representative in news media, take a look at best fit. Testing in 2020 women were featured as the subject and sources of news stories, only 25 percent of the time. And that figure was found in the latest analysis of more than 30000. 00 stories around the world in tv, radio, print, and online sources. So what happens when womens perspectives are left out of the news and how does it fit into the Bigger Picture of gender equality . Well, you can join in on this conversation with your comments and questions via our live you to chat here with us to talk about how women are seen and heard in the media in perth, australia. Katherine sine, a senior lecturer in journalism at Christian University in nairobi, sarah materia, global coordinator at global Media Monitoring project, and in new castle in the u. K. We have karen ross, professor of gender and media studies and new castle university. Ladies, im so glad that youre with us and you know, just to address sort of the elephant in the room. It just so happens that this so topic happens when our usual host, who is family. Ok, of course. Who isnt woman . Im like me, said usually be in uh in this chair instead of me. So, you know, were mindful of that. I can promise you, there wont be any mans planning because you are the experts. So were here to hear from you. Lets get straight to it. I want to ask you on sarah, you know, we heard that that statistic, 25 percent of the time. I mean, how would you underline or highlight the real problem when it comes to representation for women in media as well. The problem of under representation of women in mainstream use content will most likely be with us for the next 3 to 4 generations. So were not going to see pirates, you know, a life time. And in fact, what we have seen over time is that the piece of progress towards the end, a quality has remained very glacial, the needles towards the end, the pirates, he has moved on the 8 points in the 25. Yes. So really, so the problem has persisted and has remains doubling over time. And i just like to see about this thing. But to that, in fact, the probability of a presentation of disability in the news is even slim a for women who come from my knowledge in marginalized groups such as racialized in men, migrant to men and older women. I mean, perhaps i can give an example. Yeah. Yeah, 3 is 3, isnt a please give us, give an example. Yes. In the u. K, for, for instance, the likelihood of under representation more than doubled 4 ethnic minority to women in comparison to White British women. No, i appreciate you giving us that example because you know, this is not just about, you know, one aspect, but things can tend to be compounded when it comes to women, minorities, as youve mentioned, i see that as you were speaking. I. Catherine was nodding, so i just want to give her a chance sarah, to jump in here. Catherine, what did you make of how sarah sort of framed this issue . This problem i saw you were nodding and i want to know, you know, when we talk about inclusion and then representation, those are 2 separate issues. A why are they important to discuss as well we, we need to close to 2 states that the g m, m p has highlighted, so it consistently over time. So that weve been under represented. And that is, that is a huge problem. The problem, but the way that women are included in the news is also very important. So including minority groups, including modularized perspectives, is really important, but also trying to avoid the stereotypes that often come with, including women in the news, including women, and always referencing them as mothers, for example, mainly including women to a personal opinion instead of as well. Sorry, i think is, and karen, you, you know, when you listen in on what, whats been said so far, im curious, youve been working on this for many years, and i know that you frame it as marginalization as well as stereotyping when we kind of outlined the main issues, why those 2 . And i think that, i mean again, let me give a, a couple of examples and were on the welcome to and at the moment is looking at women older women within the media workforce who have been maneuvered out of, of the jobs because of well, so for a variety of reasons, none of which allow us to do with the competence. So the professionalism, so totally agree with, with the point that kind of service been making. And in terms of the, you know, we have to take so much more dysfunctional approaches, not just about women. Its about, you know, women with particular characteristics and date, you know, theres, theres also issues about older people generally being seen, based in, in, in front, behind the camera and in terms of nice friends and, and representation. But the point about juxtaposing, marginalization, which stereotyping is that its, if youre doing research around kind of general meet you, its actually quite difficult to try and analyze an absence. In the absence of women, you can only really look at women all present to where women are present. They tend to be exactly as katherines mentioned. You know, they are often seen as people who will give x, but who gets a public personal opinion. Mm. Be, you know, positive you know that the public, we dont see women as experts and again, just thinking about coasted, you know, we knows that kind of health has been seen very much as of a domain of women. However, if i think about the u. K. News media and i guess its the same everywhere else where you would expect more womens voices to come in those x, but within the kind of Health Context like coded, we just didnt see that, you know, and when we, when we looked at the g, m. P in the last the, the last iteration which was in 2020 like in the middle of the pond to make we, we look specifically at cuz it 19 stories as opposed to yeah, more general new stories. And again, we just saw it. We see the same patents for patient, and the question we have to, well surely is, why is such is it . It wouldnt have nothing to say right . Because women on know x, but on the opposite to both those questions theres no, no, of course its not. And then, you know, thats why were discussing this issue and because you brought up the corona virus, i want to get to some of the comments that are coming in on youtube in a moment. But before we do, sarah, when we talk about the corona virus and news coverage, specifically of depend, i make, we know that it skewed heavily to mail experts. Um, uh, you know, i think it was what one 3rd. Yeah, one 3rd of source is quoted about the cove and 1910 demik were women, i mean only one 3rd. And im wondering, you know, what it, what is that actually mean . I mean, you know why, what is contributing to the problem is it, are you, are we able to identify sort of the 2 biggest factors in your mind, sarah, as well actually its interesting because, um, we found that, uh, well the for the longest time that we have been analyzing the science and Health Stories theyve uh, theyve always been the back of the news agenda, occupying about 7 percent of all the topics in the news, but through the corporate 19 health crisis. The, the proportion of stories double to 17 percent of the news agenda. And as a, as the news becomes more important gain, cdns, we find that to women ident relegated to the margins as, as the people who are subject to the new, the source of the news, which is pretty interesting. Uh, ive been that movie pills. Yes. Im sorry. Im only interjecting to say its, its maybe not surprising, but its a spanish thing that, that, you know, theres that correlation where, you know, when women visibility before sort of the attention of, of, depends on make on how they were hire more visible. And then once it became popular, all of a sudden they were less miserable visible whats, whats, whats driving now . Its interesting, it seems like, you know, as stories become important um, on the news agenda of. Busy women, when you are the other, the, the tend to be related data to the margins. And i, i really, its, its hard to explain that, for example, doing the Health Crises because women who are the caregivers. Women who are present in, in, uh, trying to me to get the, the impact of dependent on, on the elderly, on children, on uh, on the, on general populations. Yet when the news report as us was sourcing for x by the opinion of women. Why i think about half of like 26 percent of those were interviewed as experts who are present associates. Yeah. In then as Health Specialist while women and when you look at those groups was the 26, almost 50 percent of those work in health care. Right. All women, well, so it is really astonishing to find. Yeah, that, that disparity certainly certainly invites a lot more questions. One of those, ill put to karen, i mean, in the u. K. I remember anecdotally that the briefings were largely delivered by men, even though, as we just heard from sarah, you know, im sure there were excellent qualified women in the field doing a lot of the work. Why is this the case in your experience, anecdotally, and why is such a little progress progress been made . Well, i mean, not even a unintentionally. I mean, the, you know, those, those, thats the best agents to, to shows us and even, you know, major organizations themselves mean to go to did a really interesting piece of work. A couple of other kind of news news teams and thoughts on this. Something similar in terms of looking at where women are paid in those coping briefings speak, which go back, you know, over a very long period. And the that was a, as a rule, i think. So, you know, at least one study looked at something like, you know, briefings over 9 months and thats very few women now. Ok play. Its not because the want really, you know, expect women. Jenny hurries for, for example. Who was, you know, a key person who did actually a pair of occasionally to kind of go to be part of the, the, the, the panel of 3, which is what we, we tons to get in the k. So its not like women blurring totally opposite, but when you expected women to be talking and briefing the public, that was really that was very scarcely visible. However, on the other hand, also kind of major organizations, other countries in particular, if i just think about new saying that usually you into particular were much more proactive and pushing women in front of the public glassware or other countries on the, on the, on the grounds that, you know, its, even if we think about when its communication sto, sickly during co said there is a not necessarily kind of jump to a stop at different sco stalled about she commuting health messages. Right. So theres lots of research which suggests that where that did happen, that was much more that the public, the citizens to know who were being addressed by. Ready these ok, please slightly better communicate is actually understood more about cope it on you know, how the, how the price is working. Right. But you know, but policy just to get back to your question like why, why do we get what we guess be one of the reasons i would suggest i can say this because im a major academic. I dont work in a nice read. Seems to me that partly its because its much easier to go to the usual suspects, right. And if you will read the us a john this, if you already have a really Good Relationship with the particular such effects. But so particular such a politicians you are going to go to those people. And so if we think about it might even be unconscious bias or just habit forming behavior as youre saying, you know, i mean, i think so much of Human Behavior and im not trying to just dismiss at that. Theres no massage any involved or what have you. Um, but yeah, i think it could be just a product of habit. Good and not about the ultimate. I mean, i would just so it just let me just see and i mean i, i would say i love this. So i love this phrase. Im conscious because uh, because for me my experience and it goes little off the wise is most of these policies or anything, but im calling to try right and so much we, we, we use this to but we should just be say, is conscious, but there is some associated almost every 6 is there is racism. Its almost as if, when you say, im conscious by its like youre, youre giving people a pass, if you will, to perpetually pick out your, your time and your child keep doing that, which isnt to say that there isnt unconscious. But as you know, you know, there are all sorts of ways in which were appraising which will, you know, positive of kind of cultural day and i, im no, no, no sign up. But i am saying that, yeah, its not like you dont know that youre going to a mind to out you just to good. Yes. And the mind spouting on yes, yes. And also, which isnt to say that they dont have interesting things to cite, but wouldnt it be so much more interesting to have a range of perspectives from address the right, you know, the spectrum a p monitor, right. And i think, you know, often and in, in, in the media. If i vote for give me sir, i just want to jump in here with the small anecdote. I mean, for, for a long time ive said, you know, when discussing the media, the democratization and media, which, which hasnt fully sort of, uh, self actualized, if you will, that, you know, there was a time when the only voice is deemed to be sort of authoritative incredible, were older white men, and i think those legacies take a long time as were witnessing to, to change, let alone completely be equalized. I do want to mention know if i will say, or ill put this to you. I was going to go to catherine. But so many people in our youtube chat, i mean talking about bias and talking about so ill just put it straight to you. I mean, sid saying the question is when will women be satisfied when they abolish men . Completely from the conversations. And then we have maybe a slightly more useful question from our k o. 1988 saying, how can you say women are under represented in media when there are literal quotas and incentives to hire women . They replaced casts and movies with women, even though the films perform poor. So needless to say, theres a lot of sort of massage demand for lack of a better word and our comment section. I dont know if there a, do you want to address those comments before i come to you, catherine, of what, where like can see this and it is that a lot to extent or to some extent, you can see that the issue is socialization carrying due to to the issue of culture and in many cultures as particularly in the global south context. Mean many cultures. Women are socialized goals in minnesota raised not to be present in the public eye in the public domain. True. And therefore, it becomes the, you know, even more difficult for them to be present to be visible. But there is an on us here on the news organizations or news rooms to make the effort to go out and find these women and, and get them to uh, to speak. You know, one thing that the founding our research is that for the 1st time in the since 1995, there was a jump in the proportion of women who was thoughtful x by the opinion between 20152020. And that could be perhaps, because the, uh, the, you know, news organizations have taken this critique on board. And there have been some, some have taken these on board. And, and there have been a much rooming of various initiatives to create the activities of human experts. So perhaps it could be, well, you know, one of the reasons weve, we found that to thats jump. Sure, sure. And lets jump to another expert. Um, uh, katherine, i want to put this to you. I mean, i dont know if you want to comment on some of those comments in the youtube chat. Maybe, maybe its not bad and productive to do so. But i do want to ask you specifically, i mean, our women, then, you know, we talked about socialize ation, are women, and then less likely to see themselves as experts less likely to want to be interviewed on tv. How does that sort of play into this . And, you know, i know theres already been such an erosion of trust when we talk about the news media in general. So how does that work in it and then internalize sense as well. I think the most interesting thing that i found from my research is that i have a role. There was a very high degree of willingness to be interviewed with the women that i have interviewed myself or done through. Oh, i got therapy needs reset by research. Mm. Hm, so i dont, i honestly dont think really this is so much of an issue. I do think that lots of women um like the confidence that men sometimes do have. So nervousness is a fact though, and so in general, as i think need to be aware of that. And we went through have some reservations about appearing in the news and some of those reservations i think, justified. And so i think its really important that jen lists are aware of those things and really try to mitigate them and make the whole experience as positive as it can be. I think the, the, the initial approach for an interview is really, really crucial. Ready and part of that is that a theme is to find the whole process explaining exactly what the interview entails. What sort of information the, the generalist is looking for. So sort of sort of taking the, the perspective souls through the, in the step by step could be really helpful. Mm hm. And um, keeping, you know, i think if you give women a squint a chance i up, i do want to be opportunity to speak. They want the sort of the, the validation and the credibility that comes with that nice tight. Does it mean im, im really shocked at some of the responses that youre getting on you in a, through your youtube. Yeah. The when you look at the subsea sticks the site, its like clear and the women are under represented. This is, this is obviously a problem that needs to be addressed. And why shouldnt womens voices being like, well, i mean, well, i dont, i dont want to, sorry, i do want also share, you know, there are some other comments like, found that yes, mean thing, womens lack of representation and media basically means the exclusion of half of the population and its obvious. So in order to develop a country, it is important to include them. We also have people who are saying, you know, that we need to be focusing on this in the, our world. See less larson, thing ill do 0. I must turn its critical lens on the outer world more often, that theres great disparity there on this issue. I think its just important for giving me catherine, for interjecting but i do want to just frame, you know, women in conflict zones or what have you. I mean, it can be tricky, you know, for some women in certain cultures there is this association for better or worse, this pressure that you must be modest, you must not speak, you know, i or guardian or a lot of public attention. I mean, these are pockets of the worlds, not the whole world, but you know, so culture obviously plays a role as well. And im wondering sarah diffuser and continue with this business as usual. Whats the real fear in your mind . Just to put it briefly as well . As for sure, i think could be, theres going to be an erosion and a continued erosion of trusting joint lives in a, at the moment for you know, the doing this thing is in crisis. We have heard about Media Organizations closing. Weve heard about many cutbacks in, in the, in news rooms and thats a region of trust a lead. So the groups that im much analyzed to a phoned bit when we do organizations at the margins, which is really not what you want, right. We, you know, we all need to belong to the mainstream and we need to, we need to have a media that of participate. So please its role in building a democratic society, right. You know, in being a peal of democracy and ensuring that all the voice is a hug. And i, and i see that there are, forgive me. Sorry, karen that you were nodding and sarah was making the point there. I do want to share with you that we have a youtube. Com and coming in from janine saying media especially is prejudiced against older women in media. We spoke about earlier. If youre a minority. Yeah. And a woman, and thats compounded as well as for the elderly before i i come to sir, uh for you me, karen . To answer the question. I do want to include one more womens voice may be familiar to those of you who watch the show. It is none other than i mean she sent us this video comment. Take a lesson, a ways gender power to use person to us at the stream. I think the question should be, why is it not as important to every Media Organization . We but tell several years ago that if we are not representing calls of the humans in the world, were not doing a good job, is that every time we sit down, do a show. We have to see where the women in that conversation, what expertise can they bring to us on the street . Sometimes you will see more women, the men we are balancing out the universe. It is a mission that we are so proud to be on and it is never over. You can never sit back and think we did it this year, but do it again next year. We have to keep checking. But the importance of this is not just to represent me, but once you start to look at under represented groups in the media, you stop seeing many of the communities we also need that platform and what she stops you counts. And it shouldnt be noted that, you know, its there in 202260. 74 percent of guests on the stream were women. Thats up from 54. 9 percent in 2021. Weve exceeded our gender Balance School for the 5th year in a row. And just so, you know, if you go back few years in 2018, weve made a public plans to never finish a year without at least 50 percent women guess. And its not just find me who is usually the host of the show. But many women who work behind the scenes tirelessly to put the show together and, and you know, i wonder and karen watching some of the questions that time you was asking, what comes to your mind . I mean, looking forward, where are the solutions, what shouldnt be done . To bridge the gap. Okay, so i mean i, i love what i me say and you know, bolt on which is theres the stream of for, you know, being, being in the fund. Good. I mean, following on in some ways to bbcs efforts with 5050 projects, which again, they faced best. Austin 2017 doing Media Monitoring around gender and us from uses. Now theyre looking at also kind of us, but so looking at disability, theyre looking at close and the, the, the looking at my north, other racialized minorities, so Media Organizations all doing things. But can i just say that one of the, the key area that we really need to kind of focus on the generative some students. Because what if we can actually encourage our students to think about issues around the quality and sexuality . Was they all still john and john and the some students while theyre still developing the cross before they become, you know, get, get you into a new eastern and necessarily becomes a acculturated to the norms of thought, particular nature. And if we can get them thinking about what, how they want to be done as well, what the kind of moral ethical code is and gets the right thinking about these things now while those students and just to say good, if i just think about my own choose my own students, a new coastal university, very quickly. Were running into time already been working. Well, im gonna say is that we have been working with the bbcs 5050 projects. And the more that we could make the interface between jonas and students and nice rooms, we might have some hope of producing john generations have done that for you. Actually, this is part that didnt have any current. Im going to have to cut you off there. But that is certainly an aspiration that is a good way to end the show this conversation one thats going to continue here at the stream. Thats all the time we have for today. I do want to thank all of our guests today, sir. I, catherine and karen for joining us. Many more conversations here at the stream. The of the focus on which is in will be attending the summit in south africa with an international warrant out for the rest for suspected war. Fine. Can you travel anywhere . So im told stories from across asia and the pacific 1. 00 oh 1. 00 east. Explain the issues affecting the close the most populous region. 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