La presencia de las mujeres expertas en la prensa: encuadres de las investigadoras en educación en Chile

Paulina Salazar Vera; Lorena Ortega; Ana Luisa  Muñoz García; Cristian Cabalin

doi:10.7764/cdi.60.76738

Authors

Paulina Salazar Vera Universidad de Chile https://orcid.org/0009-0004-9051-9988
Lorena Ortega Universidad de Chile https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6471-0277
Ana Luisa Muñoz García Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5639-2777
Cristian Cabalin Universidad de Chile https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1327-1478

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.7764/cdi.60.76738

Keywords:

framing, academy, gender, coomunication, content analysis, Chile

Abstract

This study analyzes the presence of female academics and researchers in education and the framing of their figure in Chile. Using framing theory and quantitative content analysis of 295 news items published between 2018 and 2022, in the Education section of El Mercurio (a newspaper considered a reference for decision-makers), five frames were identified: expert, author of knowledge production, human interest, caregiver and commentator. The results indicate that there is not a significant difference in the frequency of appearances in the news of women experts in the field compared to men, although they are represented to a lesser extent as main sources. The predominant frames for women were those of caregiver and commentator, especially related to issues of schooling, early education and the pandemic. The frame in which women experts were least present was that of knowledge producer, defined as the one in which they report the results of their own studies.

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Author Biographies

Paulina Salazar Vera, Universidad de Chile

Paulina Salazar, she holds a master’s degree in Educational Research from the Institute for Advanced Studies in Education (IE) at the Universidad de Chile, and journalist from the same institution. Her areas of interest include education, gender, and communication.

Lorena Ortega, Universidad de Chile

Lorena Ortega, Ph.D. in Education from University of Oxford. She is currently an associate professor at the Institute of Education and an associate researcher at the Center for Advanced Research in Education (CIAE) of the Universidad de Chile. In her research she applies advanced quantitative methods to study issues of equity in education.

Ana Luisa Muñoz García, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

Ana Luisa Muñoz, Ph.D. in Educational Culture, Policy, and Society from the State University of New York at Buffalo and associate professor at the Faculty of Education of the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. Her areas of interest include higher education, knowledge, internationalization, and gender.

Cristian Cabalin, Universidad de Chile

Cristian Cabalin, Ph.D. in Educational Policy Studies from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He is also a journalist and holds a master’s degree in Anthropology from the Universidad de Chile. He is an associate professor at the College of Communication and Image and the Institute of Advanced Studies in Education, both at the Universidad de Chile. His research areas include cultural studies in education, media and education, and education policies and communication.

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