Women, Media and Politics - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0195105664 ISBN 13: 9780195105667

Publisher: Oxford University Press, 1996

Synopsis

Gender is one of the primary fault lines running through contemporary American politics. The political agenda has become deeply polarized by such issues as affirmative action, abortion rights, and welfare reform. In short, gender politics, once regarded as marginal, has emerged as one of the core dividing lines in identifying politicians, parties, issues, and voters in America.
Not surprising, the way media covers gender politics has long been a matter of contention. The issue at the heart of this book is whether, as critics suggest, media coverage of women in America reinforces rather than challenges the dominant culture, thereby contributing towards women's marginalization in public life.
This collection of original essays by twenty-one top academics and journalists is the first book to systematically examine the impact of the media on women's power in America. It focuses on how the role of American women as citizens, political leaders, and feminist activists has been influenced by the media, for better or worse, in recent decades. Using multimethod approaches involving surveys, content analysis, focus groups, interviews, and personal experience, the authors analyze the role of women as journalists, the impact of campaign coverage, images of women in power, and coverage of women's movement and feminist policy issues.
Women, Media, and Politics will be an important resource for students interested in contemporary political and social debate.

About this title

About the Author

Pippa Norris is a lecturer at Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government where she also serves as Associate Director of the Joan Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics and Public Policy.

Review

"Great textbook. I have used it for several semesters."--Pat Washington, San Diego State University

"Women, Media, and Politics is an ideal reader for the interdisciplinary study of women and American media and politics. I recommend the text for use in gender studies, communication, and political science courses, and I look forward to using it."--Jean M. Ward, Lewis and Clark College

"This is an outstanding collection of readings that are current and on an important area of public policy. They should prove to be a catalyst for classroom discussion."--Dr. Robert Langran, Villanova University

"A realistic appraisal of what women candidates face as they meet the press which are more likely to focus on one woman doing something outlandish than a lot of women doing something historic."--Anita Perez Ferguson, President of the National Women's Political Caucus

"This latest collection edited by Norris includes works by some of the finest media and gender scholars in the US....Everett Ladd's clearly written and intelligently argued chapter on how the media talk about the gender gap is especially commendable. In the final section, Andrew Kohut and
Kimberly Parker have a strong piece on gender and talk-back radio....The good articles are so good that students and scholars alike will want this collection for their own." -- hoice

About this edition

• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication date: 1996
• ISBN 10: 0195105664
• ISBN 13: 9780195105667
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 288
• Editor: Norris Pippa