Kenneth A. Loparo The Palgrave International Handbook of Women and Journalism

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Now in paperback for the first time, the Handbook is an 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. The book’s editor was the principal investigator of the original study. This text draws together the most robust data from that original study, presenting it in 29 chapters on individual nations and three additional theoretical chapters. The book is the most expansive effort to date to consider women’s standing in the journalism profession across the world. Contents organize nations in relation to their progress within newsrooms, with those most advanced in gender equality representing diversity in terms of region and national development. Contributing authors are, in most cases, the original researchers for their respective nations in the Global Report study.

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Table of Content

List of Tables

Notes on Contributors

Preface

Acknowledgments

1. Introduction; Carolyn M. Byerly

2. Factors Affecting the Status of Women Journalists: A Structural Analysis; Carolyn M. Byerly

PART I: TAKING THE LEAD

3. Bulgaria: Cinderella Went to Market, with Consequences for Women Journalists; Sorin Nastasia and Diana Iulia Nastasia

4. Estonia: Women Journalists and Women’s Emancipation in Estonia; Diana Iulia Nastasia, Barbi Pilvre and Kaja Tampere

5. Finland: Women Journalists, the Unequal Majority; Tarja Savolainen and Henrika Zilliacus-Tikkanen

6. Russia: Women Journalists and the Engendered Transition; Diana Iulia Nastasia and Ekaterina Bondarenko

7. Sweden: Women Reach Parity but Gender Troubles Persist; Maria Edstrom

8. South Africa: Newsrooms in Transition; Margaretha Geertsema-Sligh

PART II: MARKING SUBSTANTIAL PROGRESS

9. Canada: The Paradox of Women in News; Mary Lynn Young and Alison Beale

10. Israel: Women Still a Minority, but in a Better Place; Einat Lachover

11. Norway: The Uncomfortable Gender Gap in News Media; Turid Ovrebo

12. Poland: Women Journalists and ‘The Polish Mother’ Mentality; Diana Iulia Nastasia and Sorin Nastasia

13. Spain: Many Women, Little Power; Juana Gallego

14. United Kingdom: Equal Opportunities in Theory, but not in Practice; Kaitlynn Mendes

15. United States: Social Contradictions also Seen in Newsrooms; Carolyn M. Byerly

PART III: NEGOTIATING THE CONSTRAINTS

16. Brazil: Need for National Debate on Women in Journalism; Thaïs de Mendonça Jorge and Zélia Leal Adghirni

17. Chile: Female Journalists without Access to Power; Claudia Lagos and Claudia Mellado

18. France: A Nuanced Feminization of Journalism; Eugénie Saitta

19. Germany: Parity Numbers-wise, but Women Face a Glass Ceiling; Viktoria Akchurina

20. Kenya: ‘A Girl May Not Sit on the Father’s Stool’; Peter J. Kareithi

21. Mexico: Structural Challenges for Women in News Media; Aimée Vega Montiel and Patricia Ortega Ramírez

22. Namibia: Women Make Strides in Post-independence Newsrooms; Maria Mboono Nghidinwa

23. Uganda: Women Near Parity but Still Leaving Newsrooms; Barbara Kaija

PART IV: CHALLENGING THE BARRIERS

24. Australia: A Case of Systemic Inequity for Women Journalists; Louise North

25. Bangladesh: Gender Inequality Results from Policy Inequity; Kajalie Shehreen Islam

26. China: Women Journalists, Chinese News Media, and Historical Shifts; Yu Shi

27. Ghana: Women in Decision-Making: New Opportunities, Old Story; Audrey Gadzekpo

28. India: What You See Is Not What You Get; Ammu Joseph

29. Japan : Why So Few Women Journalists?; Reiko Ishiyama

30. Jordan: Towards Gender Balance in the Newsrooms; Abeer Al Najjar

31. Lebanon: A Struggle for Gender Equality, and Harassment-free Newsrooms; Jad Melki and Sarah Mallat

PART V: CONCLUSION

32. Journalism and Women’s Broader Struggle; Carolyn M. Byerly

Index

About the author

Carolyn M. Byerly, Ph.D., Professor and Chair of the Department of Communication, Culture and Media Studies, Howard University, Washington DC, USA, teaches communication research theory and methods and studies gender and race issues in media, including communication policy and women’s employment. She is the author (or co-author) of many book chapters, journal articles and three books.

Language English ● Format PDF ● Pages 477 ● ISBN 9781137273246 ● File size 2.7 MB ● Editor Kenneth A. Loparo ● Publisher Palgrave Macmillan UK ● City London ● Country GB ● Published 2016 ● Downloadable 24 months ● Currency EUR ● ID 3090138 ● Copy protection Social DRM