Niemi Mari K, Pitkänen Ville
University of Strathclyde, UK.
University of Turku, Finland.
Public Underst Sci. 2017 Apr;26(3):355-368. doi: 10.1177/0963662515621470. Epub 2016 Jan 6.
Several studies conducted in Western democracies have indicated that men continue to be overrepresented and women underrepresented as experts in the media. This article explores the situation in Finland, a progressive and 'female-friendly' Nordic country with highly educated women who are widely present in the job market. The analysis is based on three sets of research data featuring a wide set of media data, a survey and interviews. This study reveals that public expertise continues to be male dominated in Finland: less than 30% of the experts interviewed in the news media are women. While the distribution of work and power in the labour market may explain some of the observed gender gap, journalistic practices and a masculine tradition of public expertise are likely to play a role as well.
在西方民主国家进行的几项研究表明，在媒体专家中，男性的占比仍然过高，而女性的占比则过低。本文探讨了芬兰的情况，芬兰是一个进步且“女性友好”的北欧国家，女性受教育程度高，广泛参与就业市场。该分析基于三组研究数据，包括大量媒体数据、一项调查和访谈。这项研究表明，在芬兰，公共领域的专家仍然以男性为主：新闻媒体采访的专家中，女性占比不到30%。虽然劳动力市场中的工作和权力分配可能解释了部分观察到的性别差距，但新闻报道实践和公共专业领域的男性传统也可能起到了作用。
