“When I began my research on the representation of women and female politicians in the media in the eighties, people kept telling me that ‘it will take time, but it will get better’. I believe that I have good reason to say that it hasn’t. It has become worse,” says Liesbet van Zoonen.
The renowned Dutch professor of Communication and Media Studies were one of the key-note speakers at the Ida Blom conference which was held in Bergen in October. Among her numerous publications are her well-known books Feminist Media Studies from 1994 and Entertaining the Citizen: When Politics and Popular Culture Converge from 2005.
We invite our users to read the complete article published January 9 2013
“When I began my research on the representation of women and female politicians in the media in the eighties, people kept telling me that ‘it will take time, but it will get better’. I believe that I have good reason to say that it hasn’t. It has become worse,” says Liesbet van Zoonen.
The renowned Dutch professor of Communication and Media Studies were one of the key-note speakers at the Ida Blom conference which was held in Bergen in October. Among her numerous publications are her well-known books Feminist Media Studies from 1994 and Entertaining the Citizen: When Politics and Popular Culture Converge from 2005.
We invite our users to read the complete article published January 9 2013