Karen Ross is Professor of Gender and Media in the School of Arts and Cultures, Newcastle University, UK. Her teaching and research are focused on issues of gender, media and society including aspects of social media, public and political communication, and the wider diversity and inclusion agenda. She is the UK and European Coordinator of the Global Media Monitoring Project. She is the author and editor of a number of books, most recently Gender Equality and the Media: A Challenge for Europe (with Claudia Padovani, 2016); A Handbook of Gender, Sex and Media (Wiley Blackwell, 2012); and Gendered Media: Women, Men and Identity Politics (2009).

• Acknowledgments ix1 Introduction 12 Women and Politics: Then and Now 113 Women in the Boyzone 314 Women, Politics, and Campaign Coverage: More (or Less) Bad News 555 Girls on Top? Winning and Losing the Political Crown 816 Behind Every Great Man (or Occasionally Woman): The Political Spouse 1177 Scandalicious: The Politics of Scandal and the Scandal of Politics 1478 Conclusions 179Select Bibliography 191Index 223

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