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Women and Media: Content, Careers, and Criticism
Women and Media Content Careers and Criticism Author:Cynthia Lont This text examines womens roles and impact in newspapers, womens magazines, advertising, television entertainment, television news, film, rock music, and music television. Each unit opens with a brief discussion of the history, portrayal, and employment of women in a specific medium, followed by three essays: a content analysis that quantifies ... more »the role(s) of women in that medium, a descriptive history of a specific woman or womens media group that has affected the medium, and a critical essay that challenges readers to think about women and media in new and different ways. The text intertwines various perspectives throughout its chapters-women as news, women as newsmakers, and the portrayal of women-to give an integrative approach to the study of women and media.« less