Generalizability of extant findings about media treatment of women in politics is uncertain because most research examines candidates for the legislature or heads of government, and little work moves beyond Anglo-American countries. We examine six presidential cabinets in Costa Rica, Uruguay, and the United States, which provide differing levels of women’s incorporation into government. These cases permit us to test hypotheses arguing that differences in media treatment of men and women cabinet ministers will decrease as women’s inclusion in government expands, and that media treatment of women is more critical when women head departments associated with masculine gender stereotypes. Results show that greater incorporation of women into government is associated with fewer gendered differences in media coverage, tone of minister coverage is more favorable for women who hold masculine stereotyped portfolios, and that the media does present qualifications of women cabinet ministers.

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接近平等？跨国比较中总统内阁男性和女性成员的媒体待遇

关于媒体对待政坛女性的现有调查结果的普遍性尚不确定，因为大多数研究都考察立法机关或政府首脑的候选人，而且很少有工作超越英美国家。我们研究了哥斯达黎加、乌拉圭和美国的六个总统内阁，这些内阁规定了不同程度的妇女进入政府。这些案例使我们能够检验这样的假设：随着女性在政府中的参与程度不断扩大，媒体对待男性和女性内阁部长的差异将会缩小，而当女性领导与男性性别定型观念相关的部门时，媒体对待女性的态度就更加重要。结果表明，更多的女性进入政府与媒体报道中性别差异的减少有关，部长报道的基调更有利于持有男性定型职位的女性，而且媒体确实展示了女性内阁部长的资格。