Research Catalog

Title

The Palgrave international handbook of women and journalism / edited by Carolyn M. Byerly.

Publication

• Basingstoke, Hampshire, England ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2013.
• ©2013

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Details

Additional Authors

Byerly, Carolyn M.

Description

xxviii, 477 pages; 24 cm

Summary

This handbook is a timely academic adaptation of information contained in the Global Report on the Status of Women in News Media, a study commissioned by the International Women's Media Foundation and published in 2011. The study was conducted by the book's editor, international feminist media scholar, Carolyn M. Byerly. The text draws together the most robust data from that study, presenting it in 29 chapters on individual nations and three additional chapters with historical background on women in journalism and a theoretical framework grounded in feminist political economy. The book is the most expansive effort to date to consider women's standing in the journalism profession across the world. The contributing authors, in most cases the original researchers for their respective nations in the Global Report study, seek to question the status of women in newsrooms, asking how far women have come and what their progress (or lack of progress) tells us about women's right to communicate.

Alternative Title

• International handbook of women and journalism.
• Handbook of women and journalism
• Women and journalism

Subjects

• Women in journalism
• Women in journalism > Statistics

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Introduction / Carolyn M. Byerly -- Factors affecting the status of women journalists : a structural analysis / Carolyn M. Byerly -- Taking the lead: Bulgaria : Cinderella went to market, with consequences for women journalists / Diana Iulia Nastasia ; Estonia : women journalists and women's emancipation in Estonia / Kaja Tampere ; Finland : women journalists, the unequal majority / Henrika Zilliacus-Tikkanen ; Russia : women journalists and the engendered transition / Ekaterina Bondarenko ; Sweden : women reach parity but gender troubles persist / Maria Edstrom ; South Africa : newsrooms in transition / Margaretha Geertsema-Sligh -- Marking substantial progress: Canada : the paradox of women in news / Alison Beale ; Israel : women still a minority, but in a better place / Einat Lachover ; Norway : the uncomfortable gender gap in news media / Turid Øvrebo ; Poland : women journalists and ̀the Polish mother' mentality / Sorin Nastasia ; Spain : many women, little power / Juana Gallego ; The UK : equal opportunities in theory, but not practice / Kaitlynn Mendes ; The US : social contradictions also seen in newsrooms / Carolyn M. Byerly -- Negotiating the constraints: Brazil : need for national debate on women in journalism / Zelia Leal Adghirni ; Chile : female journalists without access to power / Claudia Mellado ; France : a nuanced feminization of journalism / Eugenie Saitta ; Germany : parity number-wise, but women face a glass ceiling / Viktoria Akchurina ; Kenya : À girl may not sit on the father's stool' / Peter J. Kareithi ; Mexico : structural challenges for women in news media / Patricia Ortega Ramirez ; Namibia : women make strides in post-independence newsrooms / Maria Mboono Nghidinwa ; Uganda : women near parity but still leaving newsrooms / Barbara Kaija -- Challenging the barriers: Australia : a case of systemic inequity for women journalists / Louise North ; Bangladesh : gender inequality results from policy inequity / Kajalie Shehreen Islam ; China : women journalists, Chinese news media and historical shifts / Yu Shi ; Ghana : women in decision-making : new opportunities, old story / Audrey Gadzekpo ; India : what you see is not what you get / Ammu Joseph ; Japan : why so few women journalists? / Reiko Ishiyama ; Jordan : toward gender balance in the newsrooms / Abeer Al-Najjar ; Lebanon : women's struggle for gender equality and harassment-free newsrooms / Sarah Mallat -- Conclusion: Conclusion : journalism and women's broader struggle / Carolyn M. Byerly.

Call Number

JFE 15-6832

ISBN

• 9781137273239
• 1137273232

LCCN

2013474667

OCLC

867602081

Title

The Palgrave international handbook of women and journalism / edited by Carolyn M. Byerly.

Publisher

Basingstoke, Hampshire, England ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2013.

Copyright Date

©2013

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Added Author

Byerly, Carolyn M., editor.

Research Call Number

JFE 15-6832