Poindexter / Meraz / Schmitz Weiss Women, Men and News

Divided and Disconnected in the News Media Landscape
Erscheinungsjahr 2008
ISBN: 978-1-135-59572-2
Verlag: CRC Press
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 368 Seiten

Reihe: Routledge Communication Series

This multi-authored scholarly volume explores the divide between men and women in their consumption of news media, looking at how the sexes read and use news, historically and currently, how they use technology to access their news, and how today’s news pertains to and is used by women. The volume also addresses diversity issues among women’s use of news, considering racial, ethnic, international and feminist perspectives. The volume is intended to help readers understand adult news use behavior--a critical and timely issue considering the state of newspapers and television news in today’s multi-media news environment.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Poindexter, Paula

Meraz, Sharon

Schmitz Weiss, Amy

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Medien- und Kommunikationswissenschaften Medienwissenschaften
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Mediensoziologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Table of Contents

Preface

Part I Women, Men, and News Consumption

Chapter 1: Trouble in the News Media Landscape-Paula Poindexter

Chapter 2: Factors Contributing to the Sex Divide in Newspapers and Television

News-Paula Poindexter

Chapter 3: When Women Ignore the News-Paula Poindexter

Chapter 4: IM, Downloading, Facebook, and Teen Magazines: Gateways or

Barriers to News?-Paula Poindexter

Part II Women in the News; Women in the Newsroom

Chapter 5: Finding Women in the Newsroom and in the News

- Paula Poindexter

Chapter 6: The Softer Side of News -Paula Poindexter and Dustin Harp

Part III Women, Technology, and News

Chapter 7: Women and Technology: How Socialization Created a

Gender Gap-Sharon Meraz

Chapter 8: Online News: Factors Influencing the Divide Between Women

and Men- Amy Schmitz Weiss

Chapter 9: The Blogosphere’s Gender Gap: Differences in

Visibility, Popularity, and Authority -Sharon Meraz

Part IV Perspectives

On Young Adults

Chapter 10: Reaching Young Adults Begins with Change

-Amy Zerba

Women Worldwide

Chapter 11: Women and the News: Europe, Egypt and the Middle East,

and Africa- Jackie Harrison and Karen Sanders, Christiana Holtz-Bacha, Raquel Rodriguez Díaz, Serra Görpe, Salma Ghanem, and Chioma Ugochukwu

Chapter 12: Women and the News: India and Asia – Smeeta Mishra,

Xin (Sophie) Chen, Yi-ning Katherine Chen, and Kyung-Hee Kim

Chapter 13: Women and the News: Latin America and the Caribbean

- Vanessa de M. Higgins, Teresa Correra, Maria Flores, and Sharon Meraz

Feminists on the News

Chapter 14: News, Feminist Theories, and the Gender Divide-Dustin Harp

Chapter 15: Critiquing Journalism: A 21st Century Feminist Perspective

- Linda Steiner

On Women, Race, Ethnicity, and News

Chapter 16: Color and Content: Why the News Doesn’t Mirror Society

-Lorraine Branham

Chapter 17: Coverage of Latinos in the News Media: We’re Not There Yet

-Maggie Rivas Rodriguez

A Blueprint for the News Media Landscape of the Future

Chapter 18: Strengthening the News Connection with Women and

Cultivating the Next Generation-Paula Poindexter, Sharon Meraz,

and Amy Schmitz Weiss

Über Autor(innen)

Paula Poindexter, a journalism professor at the University of Texas at Austin, has worked on the editorial and business sides of the news media. Formerly a manager and executive at the Los Angeles Times, Poindexter also worked as a reporter and producer at the NBC-affiliate TV station in Houston. Her primary research focus is the audience for news.

Sharon Meraz, who has worked in information technology for seven years, joined the faculty of the University of Illinois, Chicago's Department of Communication, in January 2008, where she teaches new media classes. Her research interests include blogging, mobile technologies, social media applications, and citizen political engagement.

Amy Schmitz Weiss, a doctoral candidate in journalism at the University of Texas at Austin who co-founded her college's online newspaper, previously worked at Chicago Tribune Online, Indianapolis Star News Online, and several Chicago Internet firms. Multimedia journalism is her research interest.