the gender of U.S. senators and constituent communications
- Categories
- Book/Boek
- Creator
- Fridkin, Kim L.
- Creator
- Kenney, Patrick J.
- Publish Year
- 2015
- Shelfmark
- VS 6 2015 - B
- Thesaurus
- volksvertegenwoordigers, politici, media, internet, Verenigde Staten
- Description
- As the number of women in the U.S. Senate grows, so does the number of citizens represented by women senators. At the same time, gender remains a key factor in senators’ communications to constituents as well as in news media portrayals of senators. Focusing on 32 male and female senators during the 2006 congressional election year,the authors examine senators’ official websites, press releases and local news stories, and surveys of 18,000 citizens to discern constituents’ attitudes about their senators.