In 2018, close to 68 percent of the people who were represented in the Swedish news media were men. Although the amount of persons who identified themselves as women increased in news media during the past years, less than one in three persons were actually women in 2018.
Gender distribution in news media in Sweden from 2016 to 2018
Anaysis of 2,475 randomized news articles out of the following 11 publications: Aftonbladet, Expressen, Dagens Nyheter, Svenska Dagbladet, Dagens Industri, Metro, Sveriges Radio (sr.se), SVT (svt.se/nyheter), GöteborgsPosten, Sydsvenskan and Nyheter24.
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Rättviseförmedlingen. (November 27, 2018). Gender distribution in news media in Sweden from 2016 to 2018 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved November 18, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1050286/gender-distribution-in-news-media-in-sweden/
Rättviseförmedlingen. "Gender distribution in news media in Sweden from 2016 to 2018." Chart. November 27, 2018. Statista. Accessed November 18, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1050286/gender-distribution-in-news-media-in-sweden/
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