Journalism, Gender and Power

Journalism, Gender and Power revisits the key themes explored in the 1998 edited collection News, Gender and Power, and advances critical understandings of how and why gender matters for journalism and current democratic cultures. It explores issues such as media ownership and control, gendering of objectivity and impartiality, tensions around professional identities, news coverage of violence against women, sexualization of women, everyday experience of normative hierarchies and biases, and gendering of news audience expectations. The volume challenges familiar perspectives and encourages readers to rethink conventional assumptions around gender in news reporting with an eye to forging alternative, progressive ways forward.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 388 pages
Publication date: 20 February 2019
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Journalism, Gender and Power revisits the central themes explored in the 1998 edited collection News, Gender and Power. It assesses the progress made to date and pioneers innovative approaches to understanding the critical role of gender in journalism and contemporary democratic cultures. This comprehensive new volume delves into a range of issues, including the impact of media ownership and control on sexism, women's employment, and macho news cultures; the gendering of objectivity and impartiality; tensions surrounding journalists' professional identities; news coverage of violence against women; the sexualization of women in the news; the everyday experience of normative hierarchies and biases in newswork; and the gendering of news audience expectations. These pressing concerns raise essential questions for feminist and gender-centered explorations aimed at reimagining journalism in the public interest. Contributors to this volume challenge prevailing perspectives, expanding the boundaries of dialogue and debate in fresh and relevant directions concerning the increasingly digitalized and interactive intersections of journalism with gender and power across the globe. Journalism, Gender and Power encourages readers to reevaluate conventional assumptions about gender in news reporting, encompassing conceptual, professional, and strategic dimensions, with the ultimate goal of forging alternative, progressive pathways forward.

Weight: 592g
Dimension: 233 x 168 x 23 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781138895362