News, gender, and power / edited by Cynthia Carter, Gill Branston, and Stuart Allan.
| Other author | Carter, Cynthia, 1959- |
| Other author | Branston, Gill. |
| Other author | Allan, Stuart, 1962- |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | London ; New York : Routledge, 1998. |
| Description | xi, 298 pages ; 25 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Setting new(s) agendas : an introduction / Cynthia Carter, Gill Branston and Stuart Allan. Part I. The gender politics of journalism. The politics of the smile : "soft news" and the sexualisation of the popular press / Patricia Holland -- One of the girls? : the changing gender of journalism / Liesbet van Zoonen -- Juvenation : news, girls and power / John Hartley -- Gender, privacy and publicity in "media event space" / Lisa McLaughlin -- "Mrs Knight must be balanced" : methodological problems in researching early British television / Janet Thumim -- Politicizing the personal : women's voices in British television documentaries / Myra Macdonald -- (En)gendering the truth politics of news discourse / Stuart Allan. |
| Contents | Part II. The gendered realities of news. Newsroom accounts of power at work / Linda Steiner -- Mass communication and the shaping of US feminism / Patricia Bradley -- "Mad cows and Englishmen" : gender implications of news reporting on the British beef crisis / Rod Brookes and Beverley Holbrook -- The gender-politics of news production : silenced voices and false memories / Jenny Kitzinger -- Gender and the agenda : news reporting of child sexual abuse / Paula Skidmore -- When the "extraordinary" becomes "ordinary" : everyday news of sexual violence / Cynthia Carter -- A family affair : the British press, sex and the Wests / Maggie Wykes -- Crimewatch UK : keeping women off the streets / C. Kay Weaver. |
| Local note | Little-305873--305131011375U |
| General note | Rev. papers of a symposium. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. 263-285) and index. |
| LCCN | 98012179 |
| ISBN | 041517015X (hbk. : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 0415170168 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joyner | General Stacks | PN4784.W7 N48 1998 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |