Editors:
- This is the first book to present original empirical research comparing women's occupational status in journalism employing a systematic methodology
- Broad international coverage, including country casestudies from Asia and Oceana, Middle East and North Africa, SubSaharan Africa, Americas, Eastern Europe, Nordic Europe and Western Europe
- Timely – the journalism profession is currently undergoing profound changes driven by digital technology, conglomeration in media industries, and fragile financial structures comprising the global economy
- Editor has an excellent reputation
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Table of contents (32 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Introduction
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Factors Affecting the Status of Women Journalists: A Structural Analysis
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Taking the Lead
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Front Matter
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Marking Substantial Progress
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Front Matter
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Negotiating the Constraints
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Front Matter
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About this book
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.
Reviews
"This is an important and very readable academic text that records our current knowledge of women's role in news production and dissemination processes internationally. A significant achievement and testament to the enduring importance of sound empirical research, this body of work will form a solid platform for further scholarly studies." - Anne Taylor, Ecquid Novi: African Journalism Studies
"This edited book has a wide scope, is rich in statistical and comparable data among countries from different regions of the world, and, most importantly,provides contextual information that explains the reality of each country behind the numbers." - Teresa Correa, Journalism "This extensive anthology was designed by its editor as a sweeping, original and comprehensive look at the status of women at media organizations across the world—and indeed the editor succeeds at compiling a very valuable resource for scholars across many disciplines, including communication, sociology, women's studies, and others" - Marilyn Greenwald, Journalism and Mass Communication Quarterly
"This is an important and very readable academic text that records our current knowledge of women's role in news production and dissemination processes internationally. A significant achievement and testament to the enduring importance of sound empirical research, this body of work will form a solid platform for further scholarly studies." - Anne Taylor, Ecquid Novi: African Journalism Studies
"This edited book has a wide scope, is rich in statistical and comparable data among countries from different regions of the world, and, most importantly, provides contextual information that explains the reality of each country behind the numbers." - Teresa Correa, Journalism
Editors and Affiliations
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Howard University, USA
Carolyn M. Byerly
About the editor
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.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Palgrave International Handbook of Women and Journalism
Editors: Carolyn M. Byerly
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137273246
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London
eBook Packages: Palgrave Media & Culture Collection, Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 2013
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-137-27323-9Published: 31 October 2013
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-44517-2Published: 01 January 2013
eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-27324-6Published: 12 January 2016
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXVIII, 477
Topics: Gender Studies, Feminism, Media Studies, Journalism, Media and Communication