8 research outputs found
Real World: Empowering Representations of Women through Film
This article makes an argument for the added value of the use of documentary film in development research communication. It draws broadly on the specific experience of the Real World film scheme developed by the Pathways of Women's Empowerment Research Programme Consortium and Creative England, to create empowering representations of women. It argues that both researchers and film?makers have much to gain by collaborating on the political project of co?crafting a visual argument, to create a nuanced and emotive end product
Gender as a multi-layered issue in journalism : a multi-method approach to studying barriers sustaining gender inequality in Belgian newsrooms
In feminist media studies, the growing body of research on media production has
indicated that journalism remains divided along gender lines. The purpose of this
study is to address the lack of relevant multi-method research on gender inequality in
journalism. To assess the structural position of women in the journalistic workforce,
the authors conducted a large-scale survey of journalists in Belgium. The survey results
were explored in more depth by conducting qualitative interviews with 19 female
journalists. The analysis confirms the existence of all traditional barriers that women
journalists experience. The added value of this study is that it enumerates several
additional difficulties, and offers insight into the strategies that the respondents use to
deal with gender-related career obstacles. These strategies were associated with the
degree of flexibility in the newsroom for journalists with children, the choice to work
part-time or freelance, and the use of new communication technologies