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Women and Media: International Perspectives
Karen Ross
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Description for Women and Media: International Perspectives
Paperback. Explores key issues of the gender-media relation. This work provides fresh insights into how gender is implicated in media industries. It address key issues of the gender-media relation, from an analysis of news media's coverage of women politicians, to the marketing of 'girl power', to strategizing for equality in newsrooms. Editor(s): Ross, Karen; Byerly, Carolyn M. Num Pages: 232 pages, 0. BIC Classification: JFD; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 153 x 18. Weight in Grams: 342.
Comprised of original research in diverse genres and medias, Women and Media: International Perspectives brings together eight international scholars to explore key issues of the gender-media relation.
- Provides important insights into how gender is implicated in media industries.
- Address key issues of the gender-media relation, from an analysis of news media’s coverage of women politicians, to the marketing of ‘girl power’, to strategizing for equality in newsrooms.
- Highlights the theme that media have the potential both to reinforce the status quo in power arrangements in society but also to contribute to new, more egalitarian ones.
- Includes an introduction by the editors that carefully ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
Number of Pages
232
Place of Publication
Hoboken, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781405116091
SKU
V9781405116091
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99-50
About Karen Ross
Karen Ross is a reader in mass communication at Coventry University. Her recent books include Black Marks: Minority Ethnic Audiences and Media (edited, 2001); Women, Politics and Change (edited, 2002); Women, Politics, Media: Uneasy Relations in Comparative Perspective (2002); Mapping the Margins: Identity Politics and Media (edited with Deniz Derman, 2003); and Media and Audiences (with Virginia Nightingale, 2003). ... Read more
Reviews for Women and Media: International Perspectives
"Ross and Byerly present nine outstanding essays by leading feminists who document both media misrepresentations of women and women’s interventions to change the media." Eileen R. Meehan, Louisiana State University "This international collection is rooted in political activism and feminist theory, a rare combination. With historical and theoretical background, key terms, and discussion ... Read more