Gender aware communication scholarship has been slow to engage with the domain of
media and communication policy: though preoccupations about women's equal access to …

The nexus between media gender inequalities and media policy has not been a central
concern for researchers, practitioners, media organisations and decision-making bodies …

Louise North's (2009) study of the effects of neoliberalism in the news industry in Australia
has sweeping implications for women's relationship to the media in other nations as well. In …

This chapter contributes to our understanding of gender and media concerns by focusing on
an under-researched aspect: the policy dimension. It addresses the nexus between the …

Different processes and policy-relevant debates and documents stemmed from those initial
gatherings, but discursive paths have seldom crossed, in spite of the evident nexus between …

The push and pull between theorising, research and activism has always been a feature of
feminist approaches to the media. Since its beginnings, a good deal of feminist scholarship …

This chapter presents gender‐responsive communication governance as a vital and
expanding field of research that bridges the worlds of the academy and advocacy. It …

'Gender mainstreaming'emerges in national, supranational and international processes of
governance of public policy with the aim of mainstreaming considerations about gender …

Karen Ross PhD, is professor of gender and media at Newcastle University, UK. Her
teaching and research are focused on issues of gender, media, politics, and society. She …

In an age of global information structures, what scope exists for independent citizen action in
media and cultural policy formation? How can audiences effectively voice critiques of media …