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Gender, Race and Ethnicity in Media
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 A-Infos Radio Project
"The A-Infos Radio Project was formed in 1996 by grassroots broadcasters, free radio journalists and cyber-activists to provide ourselves with the means to share our radio programs via the Internet." Also known as radio4all.net.
Alternative Assessment of Women and Media
Report based on NGO Reviews of Section J, Beijing Platform for Action - coordinated by Isis International-Manila on behalf of WomenAction 2000. Compilation: Meena M. Shivdas
Bibliography: Diversity
Compiled by David B. Shedden, Poynter Institute for Media Studies
Brillo Magazine
"Extra Abrasive" An excellent collection of articles under the heading "Armed and Dangerous."
DiversityInc.com
"·your one-stop source of information on how diversity affects companies' relationships with their key stakeholders" News and information.
Film and Television from the English Server at Carnegie Mellon
An index of academic papers and links to other sites. Listings from the English Server are thorough and fairly up-to-date.
Gender and Communication - Agencia Latinoamericana de Información
ALAI's Women's Program actively promotes the right to communicate, and a gender focus in communication. ALAI drew up proposals on communications for the 4th World Conference on Women and, in concertation with other organizations, contributed to the chapter on Women and the Media of the Beijing Platform for Action. This Web site gathers documentary material on these issues, in Spanish, English and French.
Gender Differences in Communication: An Intercultural Experience
Becky Michele Mulvaney argues "it is both useful and appropriate to view gender communication as a form of intercultural communication."
Gender and Sexuality from the English Server at Carnegie Mellon
This page publishes texts which address gender studies and queer studies, with a particular focus upon discussions of sex, gender, sexual identity and sexuality in cultural practices.
Gender, Ethnicity and Class in Media and Communication
Excellent site by Dr Daniel Chandler, lecturer in Media Theory at the Department of Education in the University of Wales, Aberystwyth -- but slow to load because it is in U.K. - be patient.
HissyFit
"One girl, one world, one web site, and lots to complain about." Mostly by Wing Chun Wing Chun (a.k.a. Tara Ariano).
Hues
"HUES, which stands for Hear Us Emerging Sisters, is the first and only national, multicultural magazine for young women. It's hip. Smart. Funny. Real. Has plenty of attitude. And it delivers fearless flavor six times a year."
Images of Indian Women in the Media - Shoma Munshi
A paper that deals with the representation of women in both the visual and printed media in India.
Images of Men and Masculinity in the Mass Media:
A Selected Research Bibliography. by Craig, Steve (1991)
Interracial Voice
"IV is published every other month as an independent, information-oriented, networking newsjournal, serving the mixed-race/interracial community in cyberspace."
Journals and Newspapers from the English Server at Carnegie Mellon
A simple, but long alphabetical list of Journals and Magazines -- not many newspapers.
Maxi
Sections: Raw Nerve: Bite-size media crits - Consume: What we buy and why we buy it - The Scoop: News and views - Imitates Life: On the arts: music, film, tv, books - The Issue: Features on a topic that matters - Forum: A female-friendly discussion zone.
MediaWatch
A Canadian, not for profit feminist organization working to eliminate sexism in the media. A number of research articles can be found under the "Research, " "Hot Topics," and "Media Literacy" links.
Minorities in Broadcasting Bibliography
From the Library of American Broadcasting, University of Maryland Libraries
RaceProject.org
"There are four primary compnents to the Project: Historical analysis: How have racial messages been used in political campaigns since television advertisements began in 1952? … Measuring potential effects of campaign ads.… Personal Interviews [with] political consultants and candidates who have been involved … in contests in which at least one candidate was (or is) a racial minority … [and] analysis of contemporary issues.…"
Race from the English Server at Carnegie Mellon
An unannotated hodge podge of old articles and email message as well as a sprinkling of online journals.
The Representation of Women in Society
By Bronwyn Allan-Reynolds, Centre for Cultural and Media Studies, Durban, South Africa. Topics: A critical overview of the representations of women in advertising - Historical ways of seeing - spectatorship - Freudian psychoanalysisn- Laura Mulvey - "Visual pleasure and narrative cinema" - Patriarchy - Stereotypes
Riot Grrls!
"A shrine to all girls who wish their gender started with a grrrrowl! And a tribute to all women who are too pissed off, unhappy, tough, geeky, or brainy to do and think what they're told."
"Sissy" Boys and "Unhappy" Girls
"Sissy" Boys and "Unhappy" Girls: Childrearing During the Cold War by Daniel Gomes, from Threshold: Viewing Culture Vol. 9.
suRGe (supressor) - Camilla Griggers
Not for the timid. "On a biochemical plane of articulation, psychotropic intervention shapes an abstract feminine chemical prosthetic subject by modulating deterritorializing surges within the Nervous System at the level of the micropolitics of the subject."
What Women Want: From Urban Radio
A study from Arbitron, the primary radio audience measurement company/ Requires Adobe Acrobat
Women and Cultural Policies
By Danielle Cliche, Ritva Mitchell, Andreas Joh. Wiesand, European Research Institute for Comparative Cultural Policy and the Arts

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