Women and media : a critical introduction

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Author:

Byerly, Carolyn M.

ISBN:

9781405116060

9781405116077

Personal Author:

Byerly, Carolyn M.

Publication Information:

Malden, MA : Blackwell Pub., 2006.

Physical Description:

vii, 293 p. ; 24 cm.

Contents:

Pt. 1. Research on women and media: a short history. -- Pt. 2. Women, media, and the public sphere: shifting the agenda.

Abstract:

"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, beginning with the extant literature in this growing field and ending with a new study of women's media activism in 20 nations. The authors recount and analyze the first-hand narratives of nearly 100 women media activists whose work has contributed to the making of a feminist public sphere that has moved women leaders and agendas more forcefully into their societies."--BOOK JACKET.

Subject Term:

Women in the mass media industry.

Women in mass media.

Mass media and women.

Added Author:

Ross, Karen, 1957-

Electronic Access:

Table of contents http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip063/2005031964.html

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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.

Rooted in a series of interviews with women media workers and activists collected specifically for this book, the text provides an original insight into women's experiences.
Explains the ways that women have organized their internal and external campaigns to improve media content (or working conditions) for women, and established womenowned media to gain a public voice.
Identifies key issues and developments in feminist media critiques and interventions over the last 30 years, as these relate to production, representation and consumption.
Functions as both a research case study and a teaching text.