Gender and media: representing, producing, consuming

by Krijnen, Tonny

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Title Statements

Full title :Gender and media : representing, producing, consuming / Tonny Krijnen and Sofie Van Bauwel.

Summary

"Why do some TV genres have the label feminine or masculine? Why do we worry about boys playing video games too much while girls play just as often? Is the TV show Sex and the City empowering or not? Why are recent television shows like Desperate Housewives post-feminist television? Gender and Media explores these and other complex questions by offering a critical overview of the contemporary debates and discussions surrounding gender and mediated communication, and by providing student's with an overview of the current academic research on these topics. The book is divided into three parts: representing, producing, and consuming with each section made up of three chapters. The first chapter of each section attempts to answer the most basic questions: 'Who is represented?', 'Who produces what?' and 'Who consumes what?'. The second chapter of each section draws attention to the complexity of the relationship between gender and media, concentrating on the "why." The third and final chapter of each section addresses the latest debates in the fields of media and gender, adding a vital layer of understanding of the topic at hand. This process is aided by text boxes, which provide some additional information on the most important concepts and topics and exercises, which help bridge the gap between theory and everyday life media practices. This will be an ideal textbook for students studying gender and media, and for general courses on gender studies, sociology, cultural studies and women's studies"--

Edition Statements

Publication Date:2015

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Routledge
Place of Publication:London
Language:eng
Publication Date:2015

The Physical Object

Description:ix, 208 pages : illustrations : 24 cm.

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9780415695411, 0415695414, 9780415695404, 0415695406
oclc:on1103894234
LC Classification:P96.S5
Dewey Decimal:302.23081

Part 1: Representing. Who is represented? -- Subject positions -- Intertextual representations -- Part II: Producing. Who produces what? -- Power and gender in the media industry -- Blurring production -- Part III: Consuming -- Who consumes what? -- The consumer situated -- Empowered audiences.

Subjects

Consumption -- gender differences Datorspel Femmes dans les médias Gender -- mass media -- 21st century Hommes dans les médias Könsroller i massmedia Konsumtion -- könsolikheter Kvinnor i massmedia Män i massmedia Massmedia Massmedia -- könsroller -- 2000-talet Men in mass media Rôle selon le sexe dans les médias Sex role in mass media Sexualitet sexuality SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Media Studies Women in mass media