But Is She 'Likable?' Gendered Media Coverage of Women Presidential Candidates
Dianne Bystrom
Wednesday, 24 Apr 2019 at 7:00 pm – Sun Room, Memorial Union
Dianne Bystrom is director emerita of the Carrie Chapman Catt Center for Women and Politics at Iowa State University. She directed the center for 22 years before retiring in August 2018. Bystrom will discuss the how the media has covered women running for office differently than men, and what that might mean for the 2020 presidential election, for which there is an unprecedented number of women candidates. Bystrom has edited or contributed to a number of publications on the topic, including Women in the American Political System: An Encyclopedia of Women as Voters, Candidates, and Office Holders; An Unprecedented Election: Media, Communication, and the Electorate in the 2016 Campaign; and Gender and Elections.Cosponsored By:
- Carrie Chapman Catt Center for Women and Politics
- College Democrats
- League of Women Voters of Ames and Story County Board
- Society for the Advancement of Gender Equity
- Women's and Gender Studies
- Committee on Lectures (funded by Student Government)
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