4th Edition
Women in Mass Communication Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
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 underlying structures, and calling for meaningful changes to media systems. With particular emphasis on educational and professional approaches to media communication, the book brings together a wide variety of specific topics and connects them through an intersectional feminist lens that values diversity, equity, and inclusion while exposing global systemic misogyny. The volume features 23 authors with a variety of backgrounds and perspectives from Australia, Germany, Ghana, Kenya, Korea, New Zealand, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, and the United States. This fourth edition focuses on marginalization practices—race, ethnicity, LGBTQ+, social class, and in multiple societies—providing insight into identity and difference in a global context.
An important text for students and scholars examining gender in relation to mass communication, media studies, and journalism, as well as those exploring wider issues of diversity, equity, and inclusion within these disciplines.
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.
