Women and journalism /

In many countries, the majority of high profile journalists and editors remain male. Although there have been considerable changes in the prospects for women working in the media in the past few decades, women are still noticeably in the minority in the top journalistic roles, despite making up the...

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Online Access:Electronic book from EBSCO
Main Author: Franks, Suzanne (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published:London : I.B. Tauris in association with the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism, University of Oxford, 2013.
New York : Palgrave Macmillan
Series:RISJ challenges.
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Summary:In many countries, the majority of high profile journalists and editors remain male. Although there have been considerable changes in the prospects for women working in the media in the past few decades, women are still noticeably in the minority in the top journalistic roles, despite making up the majority of journalism students. In this book, Suzanne Franks looks at the key issues surrounding female journalists - from on-screen sexism and ageism to the dangers facing female foreign correspondents reporting from war zones. She also analyses the way that the changing digital media have present.
Physical Description:1 online resource (viii, 85 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:0857722735
9780857722737
9781299908505
1299908500
9780857734174
0857734172
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