Women in Media

Contents: Preface. 1. Introduction. 2. Status of women journalists in the print media. 3. The image of women in mass media. 4. Depiction of women in Indian media. 5. Images of women in print media. 6. Women\'s media: challenging the status quo. 7. Setting standards for women in journalism: equality and quality. 8. Family business women in media discourse. 9. Women, work and employment. 10. Promoting women in the media. 11. Women, wellness, and the media. 12. Women on the web. 13. Women and men in sports and media. 14. Women and advertising. Index.
 
Over the past few decades media have played a great royal in the development of business and industry. In this process, looking to the role of women in providing publicity to various products feminist media scholarship has flourished and become a major influence in the fields of media film and cultural studies. This book  explores the changing and often ambivalent relationship between the women and media in the light of these recent debates. At the same time it places them in the boarder discussions within feminist theory of which they have formed a crucial part.

Throughout the book explores key issues within feminist media studies both through specific examples and critical engagement. This book is an upto date study of the key areas of issues and debates in women media studies. (jacket)