| GMMP 2009/2010: Update |
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Just over 4 months are remaining before the global media monitoring day for GMMP 2009/2010 takes place! The global media monitoring day for GMMP 2009/2010 will be in early November, 2009. The most recent GMMP in 2005 found that women are more than twice as likely to be portrayed as victims than men in news stories. 86% of all ‘spokespeople’ in the news are men while women are featured as ‘experts’ only 17% of the time. Women make up more than half of the world’s population but are featured in only 21% of the world’s news headlines. News media are twice as likely to reinforce gender stereotypes than to challenge them. How has gender representation and portrayal in and through the news media changed since 2005? Participate in GMMP 2009/2010 this November to find out. The success of previous iterations of the GMMP owes largely to the commitment of hundreds of volunteers around the world to monitor their local radio, television and print news media. The volunteers apply GMMP monitoring guides to code news stories appearing in each media during the set global media monitoring day. Numerous more volunteers are needed in every participating country. Volunteer as a monitor at www.whomakesthenews.org/contact-us.html. Visit the GMMP online discussion forum to post discussion topics or react to comments. Join the GMMP community on Facebook and invite your friends! Help spread the word about the GMMP and inversely, trigger critical reflection on the ways in which news media are implicated in perpetuating or dismantling gender-based inequalities.  Add this page to your favorite Social Bookmarking websites       |
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