Seeking Equity for Women in Journalism and Mass Communication Education: A 30-year Update

by Rush; Ramona R.

• ISBN13: 9780805845754
• ISBN10: 0805845755
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 2004-05-27
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

Starting from their 1972 study of women's status in journalism and mass communication education, editors Ramona R. Rush and Carol E. Oukrop, joined by Pamela J. Creedon, bring together voices from the discipline to examine women's struggles for equity over the past 30 years and to identify what issues still lie ahead. The volume concentrates on the study and efforts of women and minority men to gain respect and parity in journalism and mass communication, and focuses on trends over the past three decades. Contributions to the volume provide a history of the equity efforts and offer updates on equity in the academy and in the professions. Theoretical and international perspectives on equity are also included, as are the concerns about equity from the new generations now coming into the profession. This anthology serves as a benchmark of women's current status in journalism and mass communication and provides a call to action for the future. As such, it is required reading for all concerned with establishing equity throughout the disciplines.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. xi
Introduction	p. xv
History and Context of Educational Equity
"But Where Are All the Women?": Our History	p. 3
Timeline and Vignettes Exploring the Status of Women in Journalism and Mass Communication Education	p. 33
The Role of Minority Women in the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication from 1968 to 2001	p. 51
The Struggle for Racial and Gender Equity: Standard 12 History and the Accrediting Process	p. 73
The Update: 30 Years of Equity Struggles
"Where Are the Old Broads?" Been There, Done That ... 30 Years Ago: An Update of the Original Study of Women in Journalism and Mass Communication Education, 1972 and 2002	p. 97
Peering through the Glass Ceiling of the Boy's Club: Examining How Masculinity Affects Journalism and Mass Communication Education	p. 129
The Salary Equity Factor	p. 149
The Status of Women in Journalism and Mass Communication Education Administration: No Longer So Lonely	p. 161
Update on the Equity in the Professions
Whose News? Progress and Status of Women in Newspapers (Mostly) and Television News	p. 183
Women of Color on the Frontline in the Mass Communication Professions	p. 205
From Making PR Macho to Making PR Feminist: The Battle over Values in a Female-Dominated Field	p. 223
Theoretical and International Perspectives on Equity
Women and the Concentration of Media Ownership	p. 245
Three Decades of Women and Mass Communications Research: The Ratio of Recurrent and Reinforced Residuum Hypothesis Revisited	p. 263
Theory and Practice in Feminism and Media	p. 275
Trends in Feminist Scholarship in Journalism and Communication: Finding Common Ground Between Scholars and Activists Globally	p. 289
Listening to Concerns About Equity
Women Graduates (and Men Too) Express Reservations About Journalism Education	p. 315
Communications Research Students: Tomorrow's Academics in Obsolete Worlds?: An International Perspective	p. 331
Sexual Harassment in Communication Graduate Schools	p. 349
Reaching Up, Reaching Out: Mentoring Women in Journalism and Mass Communication Education	p. 365
Epilogue	p. 385
Tributes to Donna Allen: A Life Dedicated to Achieving Equity
The Life and Work of Dr. Donna Allen	p. 387
Donna Allen: A Real S/hero for Real People	p. 403
Donna, Donna, Donna	p. 407
A Memorial Tribute to Marion Carpenter, White House News Photographer	p. 411
Original 1972 Research Report: (More Than You Ever Wanted to Know) About Women in Journalism Education	p. 415
Author Biographies	p. 453
Author Index	p. 467
Subject Index	p. 479
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