Gendered debates? The use of gender-sensitive language in German televised debates, 1997–2022
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| Názov: | Gendered debates? The use of gender-sensitive language in German televised debates, 1997–2022 |
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| Autori: | Jennifer Bast, Jürgen Maier, Georg Albert, Jan Georg Schneider |
| Zdroj: | European Journal of Politics and Gender. 8:645-669 |
| Informácie o vydavateľovi: | Bristol University Press, 2025. |
| Rok vydania: | 2025 |
| Predmety: | 5. Gender equality, 05 social sciences, 0509 other social sciences, 0506 political science |
| Popis: | Germany is a prime example of a country where the use of gender-sensitive language is the subject of public controversy and debate. This study provides a quantitative content analysis of all (N = 72) German televised debates aired on the federal and state level from 1997 until 2022 to explore the determinants of the use of gender-sensitive language by political candidates. We find that the use of gender-sensitive language has increased over time, but the effect is small and not robust. Party affiliation correlates with candidates’ linguistic behaviour, indicating that conservative candidates use less gender-sensitive language. Candidates’ gender and party affiliation, as well as parties’ socio-political positions, interact in predicting the use of gender-sensitive language. Candidates also change their use of gender-sensitive language from one debate to another. Compared to liberal/left-wing candidates, these changes are less likely to be associated with an increase in gender-sensitive language for conservative candidates. |
| Druh dokumentu: | Article |
| ISSN: | 2515-1096 2515-1088 |
| DOI: | 10.1332/25151088y2024d000000023 |
| Prístupové číslo: | edsair.doi...........caaa39e9044560e074a037bedca9a917 |
| Databáza: | OpenAIRE |
Nájsť tento článok vo Web of Science | Abstrakt: | Germany is a prime example of a country where the use of gender-sensitive language is the subject of public controversy and debate. This study provides a quantitative content analysis of all (N = 72) German televised debates aired on the federal and state level from 1997 until 2022 to explore the determinants of the use of gender-sensitive language by political candidates. We find that the use of gender-sensitive language has increased over time, but the effect is small and not robust. Party affiliation correlates with candidates’ linguistic behaviour, indicating that conservative candidates use less gender-sensitive language. Candidates’ gender and party affiliation, as well as parties’ socio-political positions, interact in predicting the use of gender-sensitive language. Candidates also change their use of gender-sensitive language from one debate to another. Compared to liberal/left-wing candidates, these changes are less likely to be associated with an increase in gender-sensitive language for conservative candidates. |
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| ISSN: | 25151096 25151088 |
| DOI: | 10.1332/25151088y2024d000000023 |