4th Edition

Women in Mass Communication Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

Edited By Pamela J. Creedon, Laura A. Wackwitz Copyright 2023
250 Pages 2 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

250 Pages 2 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

250 Pages 2 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

This fourth edition of Women in Mass Communication addresses the myriad changes in media and mass communication disciplines in relation to women over the last five decades. This volume traces the history of diversity, equity, and inclusion for women in media, enabling greater understanding of global discourses and inequities, exploring transnational feminism, offering criticism of... Read more

PART 1: Perspectives

Chapter 1. Diversity, Inclusion, Equity, and Misogyny: Challenges in Mass Communication

Pamela J. Creedon

Chapter 2. Social Media and Misogyny: A Perilous Landscape

Laura A. Wackwitz

Chapter 3. The Other: Identity and Difference in Global, Religious, and Gendered Context

Carolyn M. Byerly

Shoaa Almalki

PART 2: Challenges in the Academy and Profession

Chapter 4. Misogyny in Academia: The Irreparable Harm of Institutional Abuse

Pamela J. Creedon

Laura A. Wackwitz

Julie L. Andsager

Chapter 5. "All Your Tools Belong to Us" : Feminist Uses of Media from the 19th to 21st Century

Carolina Velloso

Linda Steiner

Stine Eckert

Chapter 6. A Socio-Ecological Model of Influence: Pursuing Racial Equity and Inclusion in Public Relations

Linda Aldoory

Candace Parrish

Elizabeth L. Toth

Chapter 7. Incongruity of Gender Roles: Media Impact on Women in Science and Health Communication

Julie L. Andsager

Yeon Kyeong Erin Kim-Cho

PART 3: Global Realities

Chapter 8. Gender and Digital Communication in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Feminist Political Economy of Enduring Inequities

Irene Awino

Ivy M. Fofie

H. Leslie Steeves

Chapter 9. Social Media’s Gendered Affordances for Mobile Migrant Women in the Arabian Gulf

Zoe Hurley

Diana Johnston

Chapter 10. "Doing Gender": Cultural Differences in the Feminization of PR in Europe

Romy Fröhlich

Chapter 11. Women Journalists and News: Lessons from New Zealand and Australia

Catherine Strong

Angela Romano

Susan Fountaine

Chapter 12. Unraveling Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion: The Role for Feminists and Media in Making Progress Last

Lana F. Rakow

Laura A. Wackwitz

PART 4: Women in Mass Communication

Celebration: Honoring Contributions of Colleagues

Pamela J. Creedon

with

Julie L. Andsager

Susan Kaufman

Angela Romano

H. Leslie Steeves

Elizabeth L. Toth

Biography

Pamela J. Creedon is Professor Emerita at the University of Iowa, who served as Acting Dean at Zayed University’s College of Communication and Media Sciences following her retirement. She started her 35-year academic career at The Ohio State University and began her administrative career as Director of the School of Journalism and Mass Communication at Kent State University. Editor of the first three editions of Women in Mass Communication, she spent 15 years in the public relations profession before entering academe.

Laura A. Wackwitz is Senior Editor and Director of Cable Creek Publishing. A freelance scholar, her research and documentary videos examine the dynamics inherent to discourse, power, and marginalization. Her work appears in a variety of academic and professional journals, including Women’s Studies International Forum, Journal of Communication, Free Speech Yearbook, and Joint Force Quarterly. She co-authored/co-edited Feminist Communication Theory with Lana F. Rakow.