Journalism, Gender and Power

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Journalism, Gender and Power revisits the key themes explored in the 1998 edited collection News, Gender and Power. It takes stock of progress made to date, and also breaks ground in advancing critical understandings of how and why gender matters for journalism and current democratic cultures. This new volume develops research insights into issues such as the influence of media ownership and control on sexism, women’s employment, and "macho" news cultures, the gendering of objectivity and impartiality, tensions around the professional identities of journalists, 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, amongst other issues. These issues prompt vital questions for feminist and gender-centred explorations concerned with reimagining journalism in the public interest. Contributors to this volume challenge familiar perspectives, and in so doing, extend current parameters of dialogue and debate in fresh directions relevant to the increasingly digitalized, interactive intersections of journalism with gender and power around the globe. Journalism, Gender and Power will inspire readers to rethink conventional assumptions around gender in news reporting―conceptual, professional, and strategic―with an eye to forging alternative, progressive ways forward. Cover Half Title Title Copyright Contents List of figures List of tables List of contributors Introduction to Journalism, Gender and Power Part I The gendered politics of news production 1 Getting to the top: Women and decision-making in European news media industries 2 Women and technology in the newsroom: Vision or reality from data journalism to the news startup era 3 When Arab women (and men) speak: Struggles of women journalists in a gendered news industry 4 Seeking women’s expertise in the UK broadcast news media 5 Pretty in pink: The ongoing importance of appearance in broadcast news 6 Women, journalism, and labor unions Part II News discourses, sexualization, and sexual violence 7 Trending now: Feminism, postfeminism, sexism, and misogyny in British journalism 8 US news coverage of transgender lives: A historical and critical review 9 Gendered violence in, of, and by sport news 10 Irreconcilable differences? Framing demand in news coverage of UK anti-trafficking legislation 11 Patriarchy and power in the South African news: Competing coverage of the murder of Anene Booysen 12 No more Page 3? Sexualization, politics, and the UK tabloid press 13 Page 3 journalism: Gender and news cultures in post-reforms India Part III Engendering news audiences and activism 14 Refugees and Islam: Representing race, rights, and cohabitation 15 Black lives matter and the rise of womanist news narratives 16 Be cute, play with dolls, and stick to tea parties: Journalism, girls, and power 17 Mediated, gendered activism in the “post-Arab Spring” era: Lessons from Tunisia’s “Jasmine revolution” 18 The (in)visibility of Arab women in political journalism 19 Obstacles to Chinese women journalists’ career advancement Part IV Politics and identities in the news 20 Feminism and gender in the post-truth public sphere 21 Women and war photography: En/gendering alternative histories 22 The gendered racialization of Puerto Ricans in TV news coverage of Hurricane Maria 23 When women run for office: Press coverage of Hillary Clinton during the 2016 presidential campaign 24 Conceptualizing masculinity and femininity in the British press Index