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Women in Media: The Nepalese Perspective
International Journal of Social, Political and Economic Research, volume 4, issue 1 (2017), pp. 33-38
"A journalist is a person who involves in activities such as writing/ reporting for newspapers, magazines or on news websites in order to be published/ broadcasted. The journalists have social responsibility i.e. objective reporting. Media is the "Fourth Estate" and journalists are the watchdogs of
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The Ethiopian Journalist: Loyalist and Change Agent
Addis Abeba: [author] (2017), 27 pp.
"The report is based on interviews with 350 journalists from all parts of the Ethiopian media. The study detects some important changes which have occurred in the Ethiopian journalist fraternity recently. In just a few years, the local journalist population has become one of the most educated in the
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Media's Gender Gap: Investigating Relationships Between Women's News Production and Consumption
USC Annenberg Norman Lear Center, Media Impact Project (2017), 13 pp.
"Women are underrepresented in newsrooms and are less likely to read political and international news. Preliminary data shows that news organizations with a higher share of women writing the news and in leadership positions also have a higher share of women in their audience. A number of academic st
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Safety concerns in the Nigerian media: What gender dynamics?
In: The Assault on Journalism. Building Knowledge to Protect Freedom of Expression
Göteborg: Nordicom (2017), pp. 171-184
"This chapter focuses on gender dynamics in media safety in Nigeria. It critically examines the safety challenges journalists in Nigeria face in executing their duties in a country that has experienced different forms of conflicts, ranging from political instability, organized crime, terrorism, and
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Gendering War and Peace Journalism: New challenges for media research
In: The Assault on Journalism. Building Knowledge to Protect Freedom of Expression
Göteborg: Nordicom (2017), pp. 61-70
"The article addresses in what way gender matters when dealing with war – and peace journalism. Issues discussed are to what extent the experiences of male and female reporters differ when they cover stories from the front line, especially regarding safety and working conditions. One important que
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"[...] This is a guide to provide support and advice based on shared experience of others worldwide and includes handy links to other research and IFJ resources. With courage, wit and sheer determination, we’ve seen many journalists demonstrate how to take on trolls, call them out, respond to pate
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Indian Women Journalists’ Responses to Sexism and Sexual Harassment
International Communication Research Journal, volume 52, issue 1 (2017), ?? pp.
"This research examines the everyday sexism and workplace sex discrimination experienced by women journalists in India. Nearly all of the popular and scholarly attention to the experiences of Indian women journalists has focused on high profile instances of rape and sexual assault. But this focus on
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Medien - Frauen - Perspektiven
Weltzeit (Deutsche Welle), issue 3 (2017), pp. 10-29
Mamas in the Newsroom: Women’s Journalism Against Sexual Violence in Eastern Congo
Journal of African Media Studies, volume 9, issue 1 (2017), pp. 215-227
"This article analyses the performance and professional culture of journalists in situations of armed conflict, based on the results of research using qualitative techniques and conducted in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (2008–09) and Europe (2010–14), focusing on the case of the Cong
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Gender in the Myanmar Media Landscape. Full Report: Yangon, Kayin, Saggaing, Shan and Across Myanmar
Stockholm: Fojo Media Institute (2016), 32 pp.
"The Myanmar media industry reflects global trends to the extent that women are strongly represented in newsrooms in terms of numbers but media institutions remain significantly male-dominated at the decision making level. Safety is a major concern for women media professionals within the workplace
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Journalism in Conflict and Post-Conflict Conditions: Worldwide Perspectives
Deep Insights
Göteborg: Nordicom; UNESCO Chair on Freedom of Expression, Media Development and Global Policy (2016), 202 pp.
"The aim of the present book is to provide both empirical and theoretical input to the discussions of the role of journalism and media in conflict and post-conflict situations and in the often rather muddy waters between them. Together, the contributions to this book from different parts of the worl
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Chile: Female Journalists Without Access to Power
In: The Palgrave International Handbook of Women and Journalism
Basingstoke, Hampshire; New York: Palgrave Macmillan (2016), pp. 226-237
"In March 2006, socialist politician Michelle Bachelet became not only the first woman to assume the presidency of Chile, but also the first female president in South America. Bachelet appointed a cabinet with an equal number of men and women. Although there were several other changes to her cabinet
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The Cost of Business: Gender Dynamics of Media Labor in Afghanistan
In: Precarious Creativity: Global Media, Local Labor
University of California Press (2016), pp. 104-117
"In this chapter I have strived to move beyond the simple neoliberal critique, attempting to consider more closely the specific, concrete impact of American policies on the work of female Afghan media workers. It would be foolish and dishonest to deny that the American-imposed system of media that c
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Gendering War and Peace Reporting: Some Insights – Some Missing Links
Göteborg: Nordicom (2016), 278 pp.
Mexico: Structural Challenges for Women in News Media
In: The Palgrave International Handbook of Women and Journalism
Basingstoke, Hampshire; New York: Palgrave Macmillan (2016), pp. 284-300
"This chapter will analyze women’s access to and participation in Mexico’s news media. At the intersections of feminism and the political economy of communication, we will put into context the findings for Mexico in the Global Report on the Status of Women in the News Media (Global Report) (Byer
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Factors Affecting the Status of Women Journalists: A Structural Analysis
In: The Palgrave International Handbook of Women and Journalism
Basingstoke, Hampshire; New York: Palgrave Macmillan (2016), pp. 11-23
"Any assessment of women journalists’ status in their newsrooms should begin with the big picture. Women professionals inside news and other media enterprises have been the torchbearers of change for at least three decades. Sometimes assisted by enlightened male allies, women in journalism and oth
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