| Abstract [eng] |
The article presents the results of semantic analysis based on statistical data of 1990-2000 y. texts about genders published in Lithuanian newspapers. In all 749 articles, which portray men (363) and women (386), were analysed. The research aimed to establish the peculiarities of gender portrayal in texts during the first decade of Lithuania’s independence. Segments of meanings, related to genders, and their interrelations in the texts about men and women were distinguished, comparative analysis of gender portrayal differences was conducted. The semantic analysis in which the main characters are women or men shows that statistically the segment of fatherhood in the texts about men is actualized far less than the segment of motherhood in the texts about women, although in both cases strong connections between segments of the family topic are observed. Apparent attribution of work to genders was revealed, thus absolute differences of male and female work, represented in the newspapers, emerged, which illustrates the tendency to maintain the traditional conception of female and male work. In the texts about women the vector of the correlational field has been observed of two kinds: either it represents a woman-mother or a woman-the more beautiful gender and, considering the percentage frequency of both images, it can be concluded that they are equally portrayed in the newspapers. Men, compared to women, are more often mentioned in texts about delinquency which as a topic is a very popular theme in the media. [...]. |
