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Author: Deltagare i Agemi
Kate English – mojo 3 – internship at RTBF
Mojo 2
Repesentations of gender in media
Mojo at Copeam- Eleonora Bortolamei
This is my Mojo about my Internship at Copeam in Rome, from 4th to 8th February 2019.
Themes to discuss
The difference in reporting on men and women in the media. Women are often described using single words to do with their family role, e.g. ‘mother of two’ or ‘divorcee’ or ‘wife of…’
How is this different for men?
Hannah W
Themes to discuss
I would really like to discuss practical ways to make a change through the media. First – counting heads in newspapers, interviewing female experts, what other practical tricks are there in order to create more gender equal news?
Second – what can be done in the workplace to create a safe and equal environment for everyone? How do we get people to care about this issue, what support is needed in order to dare to report an assault, how can we prevent sexist jargong, and so on. I’m sure everyone has good – and bad – examples to share.
Themes to discuss
Something I would like to discuss is the interview situation. Are we, as journalists, biased when we’re interviewing someone, based on the gender of that person? Do we ask different questions based on perceived gender? If that is the case, why? People are often portrayed differently in media based on their gender, maybe there could be some change if we as journalists examine the way we interview people?
Topics to discuss
Since most top positions in companies (for example in media, but also in other fields of work) are taken by men – you could say the power is in many ways in their hands. But if these men aren’t willing to fight for gender equality – how much harder will it be to achieve it?
I also would find it interesting to discuss how far different countries has come on their way towards gender equality. Can we learn something from each others progress?
The impact of the #metoo movement
I hope to discuss the #metoo movement and it´s impact on the media landscape.
I´ve just taken my exam and started my first full-time job as a journalist. I´m a 24 year old woman in a media world with a recently exposed dark side. After the #metoo movement it seems that sexism and sexual harassment in the media world are more rule than exception. I figur it would be interesting to discuss the impact this movement has had on the media landscape. Can we, “as scientists” see a changing attitude against sexism and sexual harassment? How does the media groups work to create a better working climate for women after #metoo? Are they even?
/ Elsa Henriksdotter 