Women and media [electronic resource] : a critical introduction / Carolyn M. Byerly and Karen Ross.

"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 las...

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Online Access: Full Text (via Wiley)
Main Author: Byerly, Carolyn M.
Other Authors: Ross, Karen, 1957-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Malden, MA : Blackwell Pub., 2006.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • pt. 1. 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. 2. 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
  • Conclusion
  • Bibliography
  • Appendix: Research Participants.