Gendering War & Peace Reporting
REPORT – BOOK
“Some Insights – Some Missing Links”
This book offers analytic approaches to how traditional war journalism is gendered. Through different case studies, the book reveals how the framing of different femininities and masculinities affects the reporting and our understanding of war and conflicts.
This fascinating and essential publication was edited by Berit von der Lippe and Rune Ottosen and contains 15 contributions from experts in the field. Key themes throughout the publication include: gendering professional agencies, women and lack of agency, postcolonial perspectives and masculinities, heroes and victims.
Published by Nordicom in December 2016.
Ensuring public service news provision in the era of networked communications
JOURNAL
Gregory Ferrell Lowe and Alan G. Stavitsky
International Communication Gazette
University of Tampere, Finland and University of Nevada, Reno, USA, Sage Publications
(2016)
Overview
The article analyses the economic viability of news production in the two main categories of media organisations, legacy media and digital native media, with a focus on USA and Europe. Their findings encourage the development of a more comprehensive news media system that follows innovation, advocates diversity and enhance quality. The article includes proposals for media policy, partnerships, education and professionalism.
Women and Media Industries in Europe
JOURNAL
Helsinki University
Nordicom Information 37 (2) 2015
Overview
Tarja Sovelainen offers an introductory overview of research into the progress made by the European Council in relation to the objectives set by the Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing, 1994. This paper particularly focuses on the role of women in the media, their representation, the use of balance and stereotypes, and the access of women to expression and decision-making in and through media outlets.
Media and Gender
REPORT
A scholarly agenda for the Global Alliance on Media and Gender
This extensive report is a significant scholarly contributions to knowledge and action towards expanding women’s participation in all communication platforms.
According to the authors this volume “proposes a pragmatic research agenda for the Global Alliance on Media and Gender (GAMAG), looking back, building on the past and looking to the future.”
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