{"product_id":"9781405116060","title":"Women and Media A Critical Introduction","description":"\u003ch1\u003eWomen and Media\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eA Critical Introduction\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eCarolyn M. Byerly | Karen Ross\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eSocial Science \/ Media Studies\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWomen and Media\u003c\/i\u003e is a thoughtful cross-cultural examination of the ways in which women have worked inside and outside mainstream media organizations since the 1970s.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eRooted in a series of interviews with women media workers and activists collected specifically for this book, the text provides an original insight into women’s experiences.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eExplains the ways that women have organized their internal and external campaigns to improve media content (or working conditions) for women, and established womenowned media to gain a public voice.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eIdentifies key issues and developments in feminist media critiques and interventions over the last 30 years, as these relate to production, representation and consumption.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eFunctions as both a research case study and a teaching text.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e  \u003cb\u003eCarolyn M. Byerly\u003c\/b\u003e, Ph.D., is Associate Professor in the Graduate Program of Mass Communication and Media Studies, Department of Journalism, Howard University, Washington DC (USA). She teaches seminars in mass communication theory, research methods, media effects, and political communication. Recent publications include \u003ci\u003eWomen and Media: International Perspectives\u003c\/i\u003e (edited with Karen Ross, Blackwell, 2004), \"After 9\/11: Formation of an Oppositional Discourse,\" (\u003ci\u003eFeminist Media Studies\u003c\/i\u003e, Fall 2005), and \"Women and the Concentration of Media Ownership\" (in R. R. Rush, C.E. Oukrop, and P. J. Creedon, \u003ci\u003eSeeking Equity for Women in Journalism and Mass Communication Education\u003c\/i\u003e, Erlbaum, 2004).\u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eKaren Ross\u003c\/b\u003e, Ph.D., is Professor of Mass Communication at Coventry University (UK). She teaches research methods, gender politics and media, and audience studies and is has written extensively on issues of in\/equality in communication and culture. Her previous books include: \u003ci\u003eGender and Newsroom Cultures: Identities at Work\u003c\/i\u003e (with Marjan de Bruin, Hampton Press, 2004); \u003ci\u003eWomen and Media: International Perspectives\u003c\/i\u003e (edited with Carolyn M. Byerly, Blackwell, 2004); \u003ci\u003eMedia and Audiences\u003c\/i\u003e (with Virginia Nightingale, Open University Press, 2003. She is currently working on two studies relating to press coverage of elections from a gender perspective.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e24 January 2006\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWiley\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWiley-Blackwell\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781405116060\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHardback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e304\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e20.0\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Wiley","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44379187478668,"sku":"9781405116060","price":130.45,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9781405116060.jpg?v=1780115237","url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9781405116060","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}