The Palgrave International Handbook of Women and Journalism

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.

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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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.

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This handbook is a timely 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 and published in 2011. The study was conducted by the book's editor, international feminist media scholar, Carolyn M. Byerly. The text draws together the most robust data from that study, presenting it in 29 chapters on individual nations and three additional chapters with historical background on women in journalism and a theoretical framework grounded in feminist political economy. The book is the most expansive effort to date to consider women's standing in the journalism profession across the world. The contributing authors, in most cases the original researchers for their respective nations in the Global Report study, seek to question the status of women in newsrooms, asking how far women have come and what their progress (or lack of progress) tells us about women's right to communicate.

Inhalt
List of Tables
Notes on Contributors
Preface
Acknowledgments

1. Introduction; Carolyn M. Byerly
2. Factors Affecting the Status of Women Journalists: A Structural Analysis; Carolyn M. Byerly
   PART I: TAKING THE LEAD
3. Bulgaria: Cinderella Went to Market, with Consequences for Women Journalists; Sorin Nastasia and Diana Iulia Nastasia
4. Estonia: Women Journalists and Women's Emancipation in Estonia; Diana Iulia Nastasia, Barbi Pilvre and Kaja Tampere
5. Finland: Women Journalists, the Unequal Majority; Tarja Savolainen and Henrika Zilliacus-Tikkanen
6. Russia: Women Journalists and the Engendered Transition; Diana Iulia Nastasia and Ekaterina Bondarenko
7. Sweden: Women Reach Parity but Gender Troubles Persist; Maria Edstrom
8. South Africa: Newsrooms in Transition; Margaretha Geertsema-Sligh
   PART II: MARKING SUBSTANTIAL PROGRESS
9. Canada: The Paradox of Women in News; Mary Lynn Young and Alison Beale
10. Israel: Women Still a Minority, but in a Better Place; Einat Lachover
11. Norway: The Uncomfortable Gender Gap in News Media; Turid Ovrebo
12. Poland: Women Journalists and 'The Polish Mother' Mentality; Diana Iulia Nastasia and Sorin Nastasia
13. Spain: Many Women, Little Power; Juana Gallego
14. United Kingdom: Equal Opportunities in Theory, but not in Practice; Kaitlynn Mendes
15. United States: Social Contradictions also Seen in Newsrooms; Carolyn M. Byerly
    PART III: NEGOTIATING THE CONSTRAINTS
16. Brazil: Need for National Debate on Women in Journalism; Thaïs de Mendonça Jorge and Zélia Leal Adghirni
17. Chile: Female Journalists without Access to Power; Claudia Lagos and Claudia Mellado
18. France: A Nuanced Feminization of Journalism; Eugénie Saitta
19. Germany: Parity Numbers-wise, but Women Face a Glass Ceiling; Viktoria Akchurina
20. Kenya: 'A Girl May Not Sit on the Father's Stool'; Peter J. Kareithi
21. Mexico: Structural Challenges for Women in News Media; Aimée Vega Montiel and Patricia Ortega Ramírez
22. Namibia: Women Make Strides in Post-independence Newsrooms; Maria Mboono Nghidinwa
23. Uganda: Women Near Parity but Still Leaving Newsrooms; Barbara Kaija
    PART IV: CHALLENGING THE BARRIERS
24. Australia: A Case of Systemic Inequity for Women Journalists; Louise North
25. Bangladesh: Gender Inequality Results from Policy Inequity; Kajalie Shehreen Islam
26. China: Women Journalists, Chinese News Media, and Historical Shifts; Yu Shi
27. Ghana: Women in Decision-Making: New Opportunities, Old Story; Audrey Gadzekpo
28. India: What You See Is Not What You Get; Ammu Joseph
29. Japan : Why So Few Women Journalists?; Reiko Ishiyama
30. Jordan: Towards Gender Balance in the Newsrooms; Abeer AlNajjar
31. Lebanon: A Struggle for Gender Equality, and Harassment-free Newsrooms; Jad Melki and Sarah Mallat
    PART V: CONCLUSION
32. Journalism and Women's Broader Struggle; Carolyn M. Byerly
    Index