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Allow me a counter-point: In a male-dominated society, the news is still controlled not by men or women but by money, in the form of advertising revenue. In a
by jhamburger 16y ago
Allow me a counter-point:
In a male-dominated society, the news is still controlled not by men or women but by money, in the form of advertising revenue.
In a male-dominated society women are stay at home housewives, with time to flip through the channels and shop for household goods, making them a very important consumer demographic and a prime target for advertisers.
Therefore, television news would be 'emotional' and targeted to women.
I don't see how my argument is any less baseless conjecture than yours.
- philwelch 16y agoThat's a decent argument, but my point isn't that feminism did lead to emotional news reporting, it's that the idea is something reasonable people might believe. Plus, your counterargument is still pretty flawed--under traditional gender roles, most news is of no interest to women, and wouldn't be targeted to them, which is why news was traditionally aired during evenings, and nights when men were home, while soap operas and talk shows were aired during the day when housewives were home alone. (Come to think of it, your local network affiliate schedule still looks a lot like that.)