Cover image for
Title:
The Routledge companion to media and gender / edited by Cynthia Carter, Linda Steiner and Lisa McLaughlin.
Author:
Carter, Cynthia, 1959- editor of compilation.

Steiner, Linda, editor of compilation.

McLaughlin, Lisa, editor of compilation.
Publication Information:
London ; New York : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2014.
Call Number:
P96 .S5 R68 2014
Abstract:
"The Routledge Companion to Media and Gender offers a comprehensive examination of media and gender studies, charting its histories, investigating ongoing controversies, and assessing future trends.The 59 chapters in this volume, written by leading researchers from around the world, provide scholars and students with an engaging and authoritative survey of current thinking in media and gender research.The Companion includes the following features: With each chapter addressing a distinct, concrete set of issues, the volume includes research from around the world to engage readers in a broad array of global and transnational issues and intersectional perspectives.Authors address a series of important questions that have consequences for current and future thinking in the field, including postfeminism, sexual violence, masculinity, media industries, queer identities, video games, digital policy, media activism, sexualization, docusoaps, teen drama, cosmetic surgery, media Islamophobia, sport, telenovelas, news audiences, pornography, and social and mobile media.A range of academic disciplines inform exploration of key issues around production and policymaking, representation, audience engagement, and the place of gender in media studies.The Routledge Companion to Media and Gender is an essential guide to the central ideas, concepts and debates currently shaping media and gender research"-- Provided by publisher.
ISBN:
9780415527699
Series:
Routledge companions

Routledge companions.
Physical Description:
xviii, 670 pages ; 26 cm
Contents:
Machine generated contents note: pt. I Her/histories -- 1.Media and the representation of gender / Margaret Gallagher -- 2.Mass Media Representation Of Gendered Violence / Lisa M. Cuklanz -- 3.Lone Wolves: Masculinity, Cinema, And The Man Alone / Tim Edwards -- 4.To Communicate Is Human; To Chat Is Female: The Feminization Of Us Media Work / Vicki Mayer -- 5.Rediscovering Twentieth-Century Feminist Audience Research / Joke Hermes -- 6.Historically Mapping Contemporary Intersectional Feminist Media Studies / Lisa Marie Cacho -- 7.Sexualities/Queer Identities / Audrey Yue -- 8.Gender, Media, And Trans/National Spaces / Radha S. Hegde -- pt. II Media Industries, Labor, And Policy -- 9.Women And Media Control: Feminist Interrogations At The Macro-Level / Carolyn M. Byerly -- 10.Risk, Innovation, And Gender In Media Conglomerates / Ben Aslinger -- 11.Putting Gender In The Mix: Employment, Participation, And Role Expectations In The Music Industries / Marion Leonard --

Contents note continued: 12.Gender Inequality In Culture Industries / Denise D. Bielby -- 13.Shifting Boundaries: Gender, Labor, And New Information And Communication Technology / Ursula Huws -- 14.Gendering The Commodity Audience In Social Media / Tamara Shepherd -- 15.Youthful White Male Industry Seeks "Fun" Loving Middle-Aged Women For Video Games---No Strings Attached / Shira Chess -- 16.Boys Are... Girls Are ...: How Children's Media And Merchandizing Construct Gender / Dafna Lemish -- 17.Girls' And Boys' Experiences Of Online Risk And Safety / Kairi Talves -- 18.Holy Grail Or Poisoned Chalice? Three Generations Of Men's Magazines / Annabelle Mooney -- 19.Making Public Policy In The Digital Age: The Sex Industry As A Political Actor / Katharine Sarikakis -- 20.Gender And Digital Policy: From Global Information Infrastructure To Internet Governance / Leslie Regan Shade -- 21.Gender And Media Activism: Alternative Feminist Media In Europe / Rosa Reitsamer --

Contents note continued: 22.Between Legitimacy And Political Efficacy: Feminist Counter-Publics And The Internet In China / Oi-Wan Lam -- pt. III Images And Representations Across Texts And Genres -- 23.Buying And Selling Sex: Sexualization, Commerce, And Gender / Karen Boyle -- 24.Class, Gender, And The Docusoap: The Only Way Is Essex / Anita Biressi -- 25.Society's Emerging Femininities: Neoliberal, Postfeminist, And Hybrid Identities On Television In South Africa / Shelley-Jean Bradfield -- 26.A Nice Bit Of Skirt And The Talking Head: Sex, Politics, And News / Karen Ross -- 27.Transgender, Transmedia, Transnationality: Chaz Bono In Documentary And Dancing With The Stars / Katherine Sender -- 28.Celebrity, Gossip, Privacy, And Scandal / Milly Williamson -- 29."Shameless Mums" And Universal Pedophiles: Sexualization And Commodification Of Children / Sara Bragg -- 30.Glances, Dances, Romances: An Overview Of Gendered Sexual Narratives In Teen Drama Series / Susan Berridge --

Contents note continued: 31.Smoothing The Wrinkles: Hollywood, "Successful Aging," And The New Visibility Of Older Female Stars / Josephine Dolan -- 32.Perfect Bodies, Imperfect Messages: Media Coverage Of Cosmetic Surgery And Ideal Beauty / J. Robyn Goodman -- 33.Globalization, Beauty Regimes, And Mediascapes In The New India / Radhika Parameswaran -- 34.Narrative Pleasure In Homeland: The Competing Femininities Of "Rogue Agents" And "Terror Wives" / Gargi Bhattacharyya -- 35.Above The Fold And Beyond The Veil: Islamophobia In Western Media / Nahed Eltantawy -- 36.Sport, Media, And The Gender-Based Insult / David Rowe -- pt. IV Media Audiences, Users, And Prosumers -- 37.Subjects Of Capacity? Reality Tv And Young Women / Laurie Ouellette -- 38.Telenovelas, Gender, And Genre / Esther Hamburger -- 39.Gendering And Selling The Female News Audience In A Digital Age / Dustin Harp --

Contents note continued: 40.Looking Beyond Representation: Situating The Significance Of Gender Portrayal Within Game Play / Gareth Schott -- 41.Textual Orientation: Queer Female Fandom Online / Julie Levin Russo -- 42.Delivering The Male---And More: Fandom And Media Sport / Toby Miller -- 43.Men's Use Of Pornography / Matthew B. Ezzell -- 44.Gender And Social Media: Sexism, Empowerment, Or The Irrelevance Of Gender? / Tanja Carstensen -- 45.Slippery Subjects: Gender, Meaning, And The Bollywood Audience / Shakuntala Banaji -- 46.Asian Women Audiences, Asian Popular Culture, And Media Globalization / Youna Kim -- 47.Women As Radio Audiences In Africa / Tanja Bosch -- 48.Reading Girlhood: Opportunities For Social Literacy / Dawn H. Currie -- 49.Investigating Users' Responses To Dove's "Real Beauty" Strategy: Feminism, Freedom, And Facebook / Dara Persis Murray --

Contents note continued: 50.Feminism In A Postfeminist World: Women Discuss Who's "Hot"---And Why We Care---On The Collegiate "Anonymous Confession Board" / Francesca Tripodi -- 51.Gendered Networked Visualities: Locative Camera Phone Cultures In Seoul, South Korea / Larissa Hjorth -- 52.Gendering The Arab Spring: Arab Women Journalists/Activists, "Cyberfeminism," And The Sociopolitical Revolution / Sahar Khamis -- pt. V Gendered Media Futures And The Future Of Gender -- 53.Latinas On Television And Film: Exploring The Limits And Possibilities Of Inclusion / Angharad N. Valdivia -- 54.Postfeminist Sexual Culture / Rosalind Gill -- 55.Post-Postfeminism / Catharine Lumby -- 56.Policing The Crisis Of Masculinity: Media And Masculinity At The Dawn Of The New Century / Brenton J. Malin -- 57.Glassy Architectures In Journalism / Linda Steiner -- 58.Intersectionality, Digital Identities, And Migrant Youths: Moroccan Dutch Youths As Digital Space Invaders / Sandra Ponzanesi --

Contents note continued: 59.Online Popular Anti-Sexism Political Action In The Uk And Usa: The Importance Of Collaborative Anger For Social Change / Cynthia Carter.
Copies: