Women and media : a critical introduction /

Women and Media is a thoughtful cross-cultural examination of the ways in which women have worked inside and outside mainstream media organizations since the 1970s. The book provides an overview of the key issues and developments in feminist media critiques and interventions over the last 30 years,...

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Main Author: Byerly, Carolyn M.
Other Authors: Ross, Karen, 1957-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Malden, MA : Blackwell Pub., 2006.
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Table of Contents:
  • pt. I. Research on women and media: a short history. Women in/as entertainment ; Images of women in news and magazines ; Women as audience ; Women and production: gender and the political economy of media industries.
  • pt. II. Women, media, and the public sphere: shifting the agenda. Toward a model of women's media action ; First path: politics to media ; Second path: media profession to politics ; Third path: advocate change agent ; Fourth path: women's media enterprises.