From 2016 to 2018, the share of women who discussed politics in Swedish news media fluctuated. While the amount of women peaked in 2016 at 32.4 percent, the number reached a minimum in 2017 at 26.9 percent. As of 2018, less than one in three of people discussing politics in the news were women.
Gender distribution in news about politics 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 about politics in Sweden from 2016 to 2018 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 21, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1051082/gender-distribution-in-news-articles-about-politics-in-sweden/
Rättviseförmedlingen. "Gender distribution in news about politics in Sweden from 2016 to 2018." Chart. November 27, 2018. Statista. Accessed December 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1051082/gender-distribution-in-news-articles-about-politics-in-sweden/
Rättviseförmedlingen. (2018). Gender distribution in news about politics in Sweden from 2016 to 2018. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1051082/gender-distribution-in-news-articles-about-politics-in-sweden/
Rättviseförmedlingen. "Gender Distribution in News about Politics in Sweden from 2016 to 2018." Statista, Statista Inc., 27 Nov 2018, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1051082/gender-distribution-in-news-articles-about-politics-in-sweden/
Rättviseförmedlingen, Gender distribution in news about politics in Sweden from 2016 to 2018 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1051082/gender-distribution-in-news-articles-about-politics-in-sweden/ (last visited December 21, 2024)
Gender distribution in news about politics in Sweden from 2016 to 2018 [Graph], Rättviseförmedlingen, November 27, 2018. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1051082/gender-distribution-in-news-articles-about-politics-in-sweden/