News, Gender and Power
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"News, Gender and Power" addresses the pressing questions of how gender shapes the forms, practice, institutions and audiences of journalism, and draws on feminist theory and gender-sensitive critiques to explore the connections between news, gender and power. Within this framework the contributors explore media coverage of the O.J. Simpson trial, child sexual abuse and "false memory syndrome," and the representation of women in life-style documentaries. Contributors: Patricia Bradley, Rod Brookes, John Hartley, Beverley Holbrook, Pat Holland, Jenny Kitzinger, Myra Macdonald, Lisa Mclaughlin, LindaSteiner, Janet Thumin, Liesbet van Zoonen, C. Kay Weaver, Maggie Wykes.
