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Women and Media: A Critical Introduction
Carolyn M. Byerly
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Description for Women and Media: A Critical Introduction
Paperback. Women and Media is a thoughtful cross-cultural examination of the ways in which women have worked inside and outside mainstream media organizations since the 1970s. Rooted in a series of interviews with women media workers and activists collected specifically for this book, the text provides an original insight into women's experiences. Num Pages: 304 pages, 1. BIC Classification: JFD; JFSJ1; KNT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 17. Weight in Grams: 444.
Women and Media is a thoughtful cross-cultural examination of the ways in which women have worked inside and outside mainstream media organizations since the 1970s.
Women and Media is a thoughtful cross-cultural examination of the ways in which women have worked inside and outside mainstream media organizations since the 1970s.
- Rooted in a series of interviews with women media workers and activists collected specifically for this book, the text provides an original insight into women’s experiences.
- Explains the ways that women have organized their internal and external campaigns to improve media content (or working conditions) for women, and established womenowned media to gain a public voice.
- Identifies key issues and developments in feminist media critiques and interventions over the last ... Read more
- Functions as both a research case study and a teaching text.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
Number of Pages
304
Place of Publication
Hoboken, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781405116077
SKU
V9781405116077
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99-50
About Carolyn M. Byerly
Carolyn M. Byerly, Ph.D., is Associate Professor in the Graduate Program of Mass Communication and Media Studies, Department of Journalism, Howard University, Washington DC (USA). She teaches seminars in mass communication theory, research methods, media effects, and political communication. Recent publications include Women and Media: International Perspectives (edited with Karen Ross, Blackwell, 2004), "After 9/11: Formation of an Oppositional Discourse," ... Read more
Reviews for Women and Media: A Critical Introduction
“Byerly and Ross not only advocate but succeed in integrating theory with empirical data, and may inspire a few readers to undertake their own media action.” Linda Steiner, Rutgers University “The first comprehensive attempt to theorize women's media activism and its relationship to social change. An inspiring chronicle of feminist interventions ... Read more