| Title:
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WOMEN AND MEDIA
INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVES |
| By: |
Karen Ross (Editor), Carolyn M. Byerly (Editor) |
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Paperback |
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£38.95 |
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| ISBN 10: |
1405116099 |
| ISBN 13: |
9781405116091 |
| Publisher: |
JOHN WILEY AND SONS LTD |
| Pub. date: |
12 March, 2004 |
| Pages: |
232 |
| Description: |
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. |
| Synopsis: |
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. This work: 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; and, includes an introduction by the editors that carefully maps the contours of the international struggle between feminists and the media, section overviews, bibliographies, key terms, and discussion questions. |
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0 |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Blackwell Publishing Ltd |
| Returns: |
Returnable |
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