The representation of gender-related issues in politicians’ discourse over social media

• In Event: Gender and (Social) Media Discourse

Brief Overview

We examine whether the type of intra-party candidate selection method affects the amount of discourse party members dedicate to women-related issues. A more inclusive method is correlated with greater women’s substantive representation.

Authors

• Yael Rivka Rivka Kaplan, University of Haifa

• Vered Porzycki, Hebrew University of Jerusalem

• Naama Rivlin-Angert, Tel Aviv University

• Israel Waismel-Manor, University of Haifa

• Shaul Shenhav, Hebrew University of Jerusalem