Austria

Gender in the news, revisited: tackling global and Austrian/German findings from the 1970s to the 2000s

by Birgit Wolf

In: Revista de Comunicació; Societat Catalana de Comunicació, n.28, vol. 1, May, p.41-61

Abstract: English and Catalan
News media contribute to gender inequality, although already from the 1970s... more Abstract: English and Catalan
News media contribute to gender inequality, although already from the 1970s onwards, together with the raise of second wave women’s movement, gender equality has been claimed on the agenda through directives and recommendations for news media by the UNESCO in 1979, the Council of Europe in 1985 and at the United Nations 4th Women’s World Conference at Beijing in 1995. News media participate in “doing gender” by the recognition or misrecognition of a realistic image of women in the news reportage, in addition underrepresentation of women through media is to be seen as a form of symbolic violence. Thus, the trajectory lines of (under)representation of women in the news coverage from the 1970s to the 2000 will be reflected on a global level, discussing the results of the four Global Media Monitoring Projects from 1995, 2000, 2005 and 2010; as well as on a more regional level studies on women’s presence in the news in Germany and Austria.
Resum:
Els mitjans de comunicació contribueixen a la desigualtat de gènere, malgrat que ja des de la dècada de 1970, coincidint amb la segona onada del moviment de dones, s’exigeix la igualtat de gènere en l’agenda dels mitjans de comunicació a través d’una sèrie de directives i recomanacions de la UNESCO (1979), el Consell d'Europa (1985) i la quarta Conferència de les Nacions Unides sobre la Dona a Pequín el 1995. Els mitjans de comunicació participen a “doing gender” reconeixent o desconeixent una imatge realista de la dona en el reportatge, a més a més, la subrepresentació de les dones a través dels mitjans de comunicació ha de ser vista com una forma de violència simbòlica. Per tant, les línies de la trajectòria de la (sub)representació de la dona en la cobertura de notícies des dels anys 70 del segle XX fins la dècada del 2000 es reflectirà a nivell mundial, discutint els resultats dels quatre projectes de Monitorització Global de Mitjans de 1995, 2000, 2005 i 2010, així com en un nivell més regional sobre la presència de les dones en les notícies a Alemanya i Àustria.

Key words: media, gender, news reportage, gender representation, (under-)re-presentation of women, symbolic violence
Paraules de clau: mitjans de comunicació, gènere, notícia, representació de gènere, (sub-)representació de dones, violència simbòlica

Geschlechterdarstellung in den Nachrichten: Monitoring, Quoten und Befunde

by Birgit Wolf

In: Medien — Politik — Geschlecht
2008, Part 3, 66-78, DOI: 10.1007/978-3-531-91096-3_5

Ob Realität oder Fiktion, medial vermittelte Inhalte sind Teil einer Wirklichkeitskonstruktion. Für die... more Ob Realität oder Fiktion, medial vermittelte Inhalte sind Teil einer Wirklichkeitskonstruktion. Für die Nachrichtenberichterstattung werden Informationen selektiert, strukturiert und in Interpretationsrahmen eingebettet (vgl. Hall 1989: 135). Das gilt auch für die Bedeutungszuweisungen entlang des Geschlechterdualismus von Medien und Medienhandelnden durch Codierungsprozesse in der Nachrichtenpraxis. Medien haben demnach eine machtvolle und wirkmächtige Position inne, sie können bestehende Stereotypisierungen und Verhältnisse von Diskriminierung bzw. Marginalisierung unterschiedlicher Genus-Gruppen, Klassen, Ethnizitäten etc. zementieren oder aufbrechen. Medien sind demnach als Akteurinnen am Prozess des doing gender beteiligt.

Harming "Cultural Feelings": Images and Categorisation of Temporary Romani Migrants to Graz/Austria. In: Michael Stewart, Márton Rövid (Ed.): Multi-Disciplinary Approaches to Romany Studies. Budapest: Central European University Press 2010. S. 71-90.

by Stefan Benedik

Denk, T. 2006. Rhododendron ponticum var. sebinense in the Late Pleistocene flora of Hötting, Northern Calcareous Alps: witness of a climate warmer than today? Veröffentlichungen des Tiroler Landesmuseum Ferdinandeum 86: 43–66.

by Thomas Denk

Towards Cosmopolitan Security Politics? Analysis of Public Discourse on Neutrality in Austria and Ireland

by Dagmar Zakopalova

Assuming that neutrality has always reflected the character of the international security environment and the... more Assuming that neutrality has always reflected the character of the international security environment and the understanding of war, this paper aims to analyse whether the post-Cold War public discourse on neutrality has been affected by cosmopolitan values and norms. After presenting the idea of cosmopolitan security, neutrality is approached theoretically though the constructivist logic, and its compatibility with the cosmopolitan vision of international politics is discussed. In the empirical part, the main trends in the public discourse on neutrality in two neutral states – Austria and Ireland – are analysed, using discursive methodology. Based on this analysis, the paper concludes that while neutrality has been reconceptualised and narrowed down, it is still perceived as an important principle of national security policy. At the domestic level, neutrality is still understood rather in the traditional context and thus, it is difficult to follow it in the current security environment and apply it to contemporary ‘wars’.

Combined LM and SEM study of the Middle Miocene (Sarmatian) palynoflora from the Lavanttal Basin: Part I. Bryophyta, Lycopodiophyta, Pteridophyta, Ginkgophyta, and Gnetophyta

by Fridgeir Grimsson

2011
Fridgeir Grimsson, Reinhard Zetter, Christian Baal
Grana

The labour market impact of the eu enlargement (hardback): a new regional geography of europe? book (series: aiel series in labour economics)

by Francesco Pastore

Co-edited with Floro Ernesto Caroleo.
Physica Verlag, Heidelberg.

Until recently, regional labour market imbalances were considered transitory phenomena, a consequence of state failure... more Until recently, regional labour market imbalances were considered transitory phenomena, a consequence of state failure in generating distorted investment incentives in depressed regions as well as of excessive labour market rigidities. Labour mobility and wage flexibility were at the core of the debate over the causes of and cures for regional labour market imbalances. This book bears witness to the changed perspective of research on these issues. In the recent literature, internal labour migration is depicted as a cause of further divergence between advanced and backward regions, as higher returns on human and physical capital are expected to be paid in those regions where these factors are already concentrated.

The book contributes to the debate by presenting important new findings on: a) the reasons why structural change in some sectors causes a slump in some regions, but not in others; b) the extent to which poverty traps explain regional imbalances as compared to such other alternative factors as spatial dependence and nonlinearity in growth behaviour; c) the degree of convergence across EU countries and regions; d) the role of labour mobility in reducing/increasing regional labour market imbalances, in particular in Central and Eastern Europe; e) and the role of an active labour market policy and child care facilities in alleviating the hardship of the weakest segments of the population.

Emigration of Social Scientists from Austria

by Christian Fleck

in: Peter Weibel & Friedrich Stadler, eds., Vertreibung der Vernunft. The Cultural Exodus from Austria, Wien: Löcker 1993 (Eine Ausstellung des BMUK unter der Schirmherrschaft der Biennale von Venedig 1993), S. 140 - 152. Second revised and enlarged edition: Vienna, New York: Springer Verlag 1995

Reliability vs. Authority: Difficulties Within Practices of Credibility Assessment of Information by Highschool Students and Teachers in Austria

by Axel Maireder

Short paper presented at the IAMCR Conference “Communication and Citizenship”, Braga, Portugal, 18-22 July 2010

The competence to reasonably assess the credibility of information has become a key literacy in the knowledge society.... more The competence to reasonably assess the credibility of information has become a key literacy in the knowledge society. However, schools – at least in Austria – still do not provide an adequate framework for children to aquire the respective skills. Moreover, the structural and cultural context of school and the respective practices of teachers even seem to conflict with the aim to make children digitally literate, as indicated by our qualitative study in Austrian schools. The project systematically asked for the terms, forms and consequences of Internet use in schools and for school-related tasks as well as the impact of the school on Internet practices of teens, especially the development of competences for information research and information processing.