Visibility or invisibility: contemporary Spanish female creators in the pressThis study investigates the visibility of contemporary Spanish female creators in the cultural sections of two major Spanish newspapers during the 21st century. Using a two-phase methodology, the research combines a quantitative content inventory with a qualitative lexical analysis to conduct a longitudinal observation of gender representation in the press. The results reveal an underrepresentation of female creators, who appear in only 3% of articles on 21st-century Spanish artists, compared with 11% focused on their male counterparts. The lexical analysis shows that vocabulary related to men centers on their work, while articles about women emphasize personal aspects. A gender bias is evident in cultural journalism, highlighting the need for greater awareness and structural changes in media representation practices.
Keywords:
Art; Gender; Women, Press; Visibility
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Source: Authors.#SoEveryoneCanSee Pie chart (percentages): Articles focused on men represent 11 percent of the total. Articles focused on women represent 3 percent of the total. Articles with mixed authorship represent 3 percent of the total. The remaining articles, grouped as “rest,” represent 83 percent of the total. Bar chart (absolute numbers): Articles focused on men: 281 articles. Articles focused on women: 68 articles. Articles with mixed authorship: 72 articles. Articles in the category “rest”: 2,056 articles.
Source: atlas.ti#SoEveryoneCanSee figure 1 is a word cloud of representing the classification of concepts in articles about male creators. in the cloud, the most frequent items are shown in larger sizes. the list in ascending order would look like this: “vida” (life), “director” (director), “obra” (work), “autor” (author), “película” (film), “novela” (novel), “historia” (story), “libro” (book), “escritor” (writer), “músico” (musician), “cine” (cinema), “personaje” (character), “trabajar” (work), “disco” (record), “arte” (art), “teatro” (theatre), “artista” (artist), “hombre” (man), “canción” (song), “actor” (actor), “festival” (festival), “obra” (play/work), “imagen” (image), “cultura” (culture), “mujer” (woman), “título” (title), “exposición” (exhibition), “poesía” (poetry), “público” (audience), “escena” (scene), “guerra” (war), “libro” (book), “padre” (father), “escenario” (stage), “amor” (love), “verdad” (truth), “hijo” (son), “espectáculo” (show), “familia” (family), “texto” (text), “contar” (telling), “protagonista” (protagonist), “muerte” (death), “ideo” (idea), “ópera” (opera), “poeta” (poet), “premio” (award), “tema” (theme), “papel” (role), “periodista” (journalist), “problema” (problem), “carrera” (career), “premiar” (to award), “amigo” (friend), “arquitecto” (architect).
Source: ATLAS.ti#SoEveryoneCanSee