Women and media : international perspectives / edited by Karen Ross and Carolyn M. Byerly.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

PART I. REPRESENTING AND CONSUMING WOMEN: -- Media coverage of sexual violence against women and children / Jenny Kitzinger -- Exclusion and marginality: portrayals of women in Israeli media / Dafna Lemish -- Women framed: the gendered turn in mediated politics / Karen Ross -- The woman warrior: a feminist political economic analysis of Crouching tiger, hidden dragon / Ellen Riordan -- PART II. WOMEN'S AGENCY IN MEDIA PRODUCTION: -- Feminist interventions in newsrooms / Carolyn M. Byerly -- Working, watching, and waiting: women and issues of access, employment, and decision-making in the media in India / Ammu Joseph- -- "Dangerously feminine?" theory and praxis of women's Alternative Radio / Caroline Mitchell -- Cyberspace: the new feminist frontier? / Gillian Youngs.