Gender and Journalism: An Intersectional Approach

Gender and Journalism explores how gender affects journalism, subjects, framing, and consumption, providing a history of gender equality struggles and news media development in the US. It promotes media literacy, empowering students to become critical media consumers and creators. It covers LGBTQ+ and non-white experiences, hegemonic masculinity, colorblind racism, infantilization, and double binds. It highlights influential writers, journalists, activists, and media producers, with discussion of communication and media studies terms and theory, introduction to gender studies terms and theory, discussion of civil rights and race issues, history of first- and second-wave feminism, LGBTQ+ examples and history of gay rights, dedicated chapter on masculinity, in-text journalist and activist profile boxes, primary source excerpt boxes, end-of-chapter reflection and media critique questions, chapter keywords, and cumulative glossary. Instructor resources include online news guidance, multimedia resources, in-class activities, clip flip exercise, chapter quiz questions, and sample syllabus.

Format: Hardback
Length: 310 pages
Publication date: 29 August 2023
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc

Gender and Journalism is a captivating textbook that delves into the profound impact of gender on the people working in journalism, the subjects and framing of the stories they tell, and the people who consume those stories. This engaging book offers a comprehensive history of gender equality struggles alongside the development of news media in the United States, providing foundational concepts, theories, and methods for students to explore the role gender has played in news media. By promoting media literacy, the book empowers students to become more critical media consumers and creators themselves. While the book primarily focuses on women's experiences in the United States, it also considers the political, economic, and cultural aspects of gender and journalism globally, addressing the experiences of LGBTQ and non-white individuals to provide an intersectional context to the ramifications of gender. Students learn important concepts such as hegemonic masculinity, colorblind racism, infantilization, and the double binds, and explore issues related to gender in photojournalism, sports journalism, and broadcasting. Designed to humanize media institutions, the book highlights the lives of influential writers, journalists, activists, and media producers. Each chapter includes profiles of key journalists and activists, primary source excerpts, reflection and media critique chapter-ending questions, and highlighted keywords that culminate in a comprehensive glossary. Instructor materials include suggested activities and sample quizzes.

Content Features:

Discussion of communication and media studies terms and theory

Introduction to gender studies terms and theory

Discussion of civil rights.

Weight: 862g
Dimension: 264 x 184 x 27 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781538159453