ArticleAuthors: Youngmin Yoon; Yoomin Lee (2013)
This study has explored the US and Korean newspapers’ election coverage in regard to their respective nations’ female candidates relative to male rivals during the 2007^ 2008 presidential nomination campaigns. The findings reveal that both US and Korean newspapers displayed no bias in adopting personal, issue, and viability frames to cover the female candidates versus the male candidates. Additionally, the US dailies gave Clinton as much attention as Obama, as can be seen in the similar amount of articles, headlines, and primary coverage; however, Park, the female candidate in Korea, garnered a lower amount of articles and headlines, and was featured much less as the primary focuswhen...