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Gender, risk and journalism

Harris, Janet, Mosdell, Nicholas and Griffiths, James 2016. Gender, risk and journalism. Journalism Practice 10 (7) , pp. 902-916. 10.1080/17512786.2016.1166449

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Abstract

Are female journalists more at risk in covering conflict than their male colleagues? Beck states ‘risk is the anticipation of the catastrophe – so it is existent and non-existent’. Is the contention that female journalists are more at risk, knowledge, or a construction of knowledge? Are Editors and journalists who decide that women are more at risk merely anticipating a catastrophe? There is no certainty that women would be more at risk, but the fear that women are more at risk can prevent them from being sent to cover conflict, or force them to decide not to go to dangerous places. It is not possible to say with certainty that women journalists are targeted because they are women or because they are journalists. An IED or rocket fire does not distinguish between sexes. In many situations being female actually helps women journalist in conflict zones. In this paper we conduct a survey of journalists who work in conflict zones and ask whether it is the job or the gender which is the most dangerous. The question of whether it is more dangerous to be a woman might be debatable, but the survey shows that sexual harassment is a concern for female journalists.

Item Type: Article
Date Type: Publication
Status: Published
Schools: Journalism, Media and Culture
Subjects: H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General)
H Social Sciences > HQ The family. Marriage. Woman
Uncontrolled Keywords: Journalist, gender, safety, sexual harassment
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
ISSN: 1751-2786
Date of Acceptance: 2016
Last Modified: 07 Nov 2023 07:05
URI: https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/88117

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