Women and Media

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International Perspectives

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Comprised of original research in diverse genres and medias, <i>Women and Media: International Perspectives</i> brings together eight international scholars to explore key issues of the gender-media relation.<br /> <ul> <li style=”list-style: none”><br /> </li> <li>Provides important insights into how gender is implicated in media industries.<br /> </li> <li>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.<br /> </li> <li>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.<br /> </li> <li>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.</li> </ul>