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How Media Representations Influence Women Entrepreneurs’ Identity: Evidence from the Tanzanian Press

In: Structural Transformation and Economic Development in Africa

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  • Beldina Owalla

    (Oxford Brookes University, Oxford Brookes Business School)

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The purpose of this chapter is to analyze how media representations and discourses of women entrepreneurs in the Tanzanian press influence societal perception of women’s entrepreneurial identities. We carry out a thematic and discourse analysis of a sample of 203 online articles printed in the Tanzanian media and make the following contributions. First, this chapter contributes to our understanding of the media’s role in influencing societal perception of women’s entrepreneurship and legitimacy in a developing country context. Second, it emphasizes the fact that the positive impact media has on societal perception of women’s entrepreneurship, is often offset by the continuous linking of women entrepreneurs’ identities to stereotypical gendered roles. Third, it highlights how discourses on empowerment, patriarchy and femininity tend to primarily weaken women entrepreneurs’ societal legitimacy, even though opposing more supportive discourses are also present. Implications for policy and practice are also highlighted.

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  • Beldina Owalla, 2026. "How Media Representations Influence Women Entrepreneurs’ Identity: Evidence from the Tanzanian Press," Springer Books, in: John Struthers & Adebisi Adewole (ed.), Structural Transformation and Economic Development in Africa, chapter 0, pages 205-229, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:sprchp:978-3-031-92318-0_10
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-92318-0_10
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