Women and Media: International Perspectives
Malden; Oxford: Blackwell (2004), x, 219 pp.
Contains index
ISBN 978-1-4051-1608-4 (hbk); 978-1-4051-1609-1 (pbk)
Signature commbox: 10-Gender-E 2004
"From an analysis of news media’s coverage of women politicians, through the marketing of "girl power", to strategizing for equality in newsrooms, Women and Media: International Perspectives provides important insights into how gender is integrated in media industries. Bringing together original essays by international scholars that explore key concerns between gender and media, Women and Media conveys the dynamism of this issue. Importantly, the theme that runs through the volume – and which serves to unify these otherwise diverse articles – is that media have the potential both to reinforce the status quo in power arrangements in society and to contribute to new, more egalitarian ones." (Publisher description)
1 Introduction / Carolyn M. Byerly and Karen Ross, 1
I. REPRESENTING AND CONSUMING WOMEN, 9
2 Media Coverage of Sexual Violence Against Women and Children / Jenny Kitzinger, 13
3 Exclusion and Marginality: Portrayals of Women in Israeli Media / Dafna Lemish, 39
4 Women Framed: The Gendered Turn in Mediated Politics / Karen Ross, 60
5 The Woman Warrior: A Feminist Political Economic Analysis of Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon / Ellen Riordan, 81
II. WOMEN'S AGENCY IN MEDIA PRODUCTION, 105
6 Feminist Interventions in Newsrooms / Carolyn M. Byerly, 109
7 Working, Watching, and Waiting: Women and Issues of Access, Employment, and Decision-Making in the Media in India / Ammu Joseph, 132
8 "Dangerously Feminine?" Theory and Praxis of Women's Alternative Radio / Caroline Mitchell, 157
9 Cyberspace: The New Feminist Frontier? / Gillian Youngs, 185
I. REPRESENTING AND CONSUMING WOMEN, 9
2 Media Coverage of Sexual Violence Against Women and Children / Jenny Kitzinger, 13
3 Exclusion and Marginality: Portrayals of Women in Israeli Media / Dafna Lemish, 39
4 Women Framed: The Gendered Turn in Mediated Politics / Karen Ross, 60
5 The Woman Warrior: A Feminist Political Economic Analysis of Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon / Ellen Riordan, 81
II. WOMEN'S AGENCY IN MEDIA PRODUCTION, 105
6 Feminist Interventions in Newsrooms / Carolyn M. Byerly, 109
7 Working, Watching, and Waiting: Women and Issues of Access, Employment, and Decision-Making in the Media in India / Ammu Joseph, 132
8 "Dangerously Feminine?" Theory and Praxis of Women's Alternative Radio / Caroline Mitchell, 157
9 Cyberspace: The New Feminist Frontier? / Gillian Youngs, 185
