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Passing the Mic? An analysis of women of colour in the 2024 UK General Election coverage
Posted on November 20 2024 at 08:34
The snap UK General Election took place on July 4, 2024. The Scottish media were concerned with the campaigns, the polls and the posturing – but our partners were taking a closer look into the representation of women of colour in election coverage.
Pass the Mic Scotland and the University of Strathclyde previously collaborated with Engender as part of the Gender Equal Media Scotland (GEMS) project to analyse the representation of women of colour over the course of nine days of Scottish news media, during the Scottish Parliamentary elections in May 2021. This research found that only 2.1% of all people in the news were women of colour.
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