ABSTRACT

As a result of the 2015 elections, women won 27% of the seats in the lower chamber of the Polish parliament (the Sejm) but this share was not reflected in their media representation. Indeed, during the study period (the full parliamentary term 2015–2019), female MPs presence on political commentary TV and radio programmes was only 19%. Hence, this study aimed to investigate the factors which explained the differences between the share of female MPs in the Sejm and their representation in the media. During the data analysis, media-related factors, party affiliation, and age of MPs were considered. The female MPs’ presence on political commentary TV and radio programmes was not associated with media-related factors, however, there was a statistically significant association with women’s affiliation to particular political parties. The age was found to be significant, albeit in an oblique way. The results were interpreted according to the typology of minority groups and cast doubt on the theory of critical mass at the range of tilted groups, as well as shed new light on the issue of “numbers and newness.”

摘要

2015 年选举的结果是，女性赢得了波兰议会下议院（下议院）27% 的席位，但这一比例并未反映在她们的媒体代表性中。事实上，在研究期间（2015-2019 年整个议会任期），女性议员出现在政治评论电视和广播节目中的比例仅为 19%。因此，本研究旨在调查解释众议院女性议员比例及其在媒体中的代表性之间差异的因素。在数据分析过程中，考虑了媒体相关因素、政党背景和议员年龄。女议员出现在政治评论电视和广播节目中与媒体相关因素无关，但是，与女性对特定政党的隶属关系存在统计上的显着关联。人们发现这个年龄很重要，尽管是以一种间接的方式。研究结果根据少数群体的类型学进行了解释，对倾斜群体范围内的临界质量理论提出了质疑，并为“数量和新颖性”问题提供了新的线索。