Associate Professor Christina Fiig, School of Culture and Society - European Studies will present her ongoing project ‘Blind Spots’ on news sources, gender and minorities in Danish TV-news. She will talk about the democratic consequences of biased news sources in terms of gender and minorities in the framework of the democratic public sphere and citizenship.

Christina Fiig is a political scientist and gender scholar. Her work focuses on politics and gender from different angles; gender quotas, medias portrayal of female politicians, women in management and feminist theory, just to mention some of the topics she covers in her work. She is also a board member of KVINFO as well as The Women´s Museum (Kvindemuseet).

Watch this video where Christina Fiig talks about womens fight for right to vote in Denmark:

http://danmarkshistorien.dk/leksikon-og-kilder/vis/materiale/1915-demokrati-og-valgret-den-internationale-inspiration/?no_cache=1

http://pure.au.dk/portal/en/cfiig@hum.au.dk

The Gendering in Research Network provides a platform for gender researchers and students at Aarhus University to discuss, collaborate, and exchange ideas. For further information about the Gendering in Research Network, please contact:

• Lea Skewes, IMC
• Emma von Essen, Dept. of Economics
• Theresa Ammann, IMC