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The Portrayal and Participation of Women in the Media

Paris: UNESCO (1979), 60 pp.

Contains bibliogr. pp. 51-60

Signature commbox: 10-Gender-E 1979

I. BACKGROUND: MEDIA DIFFERENCES IN THE DEVELOPED AND DEVELOPING WORLD, 3
II. THE PORTRAYAL OF WOMEN IN THE MASS MEDIA
1 Images of women in the media, 9
2 Women and media: cultural differences, 12
3 Functional roles of the media, 14
4 Effects of media portrayals of women, 16
5 Media portrayals and social reality, 18
6 Mass media and women in development, 21
7 Monitoring the media, 25
III. PARTICIPATION OF WOMEN IN THE MASS MEDIA INDUSTRIES
1 Problems of working women, 28
2 The employment of women in the mass media, 31
3 Working conditions of media women, 36
4 Recruitment and promotion of women in the media, 40
5 Education and training for women in the media, 42
6 The relationship between media output and media women, 44
IV. CONCLUSIONS, 47