Women in mass communication / edited by Pamela J. Creedon & Judith Cramer.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 283-319) and indexes.

Part I: Two Decades of Progress? Chapter 1: Introduction: We've Come a Long Way, Maybe... - Judith Cramer and Pam Creedon Chapter 2: Sexed and Gendered Bodies in Journalism Textbooks - Linda Steiner Chapter 3: How to Stir Up a Hornet's Nest: Studying the Implications of Women Journalism Majors - Maurine H. Beasley Part II: Update on the Professions Chapter 4: Women in Newspaper Journalism (Since the 1990s) - June O. Nicholson Chapter 5: Women's Salary and Status in the Magazine Industry - Sammye Johnson Chapter 6: Radio: The More Things Change...The More They Stay the Same - Judith Cramer Chapter 7: Women and Minorities in Commercial and Public Television News, 1994-2004 - Jannette L. Dates Chapter 8: Women in Public Relations: Success Linked to Organizational and Societal Cultures - Elizabeth L. Toth and Carolyn Garett Cline Chapter 9: Advertising Women: Images, Audiences, and Advertisers - Nancy Mitchell Chapter 10: The Power to Improve Lives: Women in Health Communication - Julie L. Andsager Chapter 11: Scholastic Media: Women in Quantity and Quality...But Is That Enough? - Candace Perkins Bowen Chapter12: Increased Legitimacy, Fewer Women? Analyzing Editorial Leadership and Gender in Online Journalism - Shayla Thiel Stern Chapter 13: Women Journalists in Toyland and in the Locker Room: It's All About the Money - Pam Creedon and Roseanna M. Smith Part III: International Perspectives Chapter 14: Three Steps Forward and Two Steps Back? Women Journalists in the Western World Between Progress, Standstill, and Retreat - Romy Frohlich Chapter 15: Bewitched, Bedeviled, and Left Behind: Women in Mass Communication in a World of Faith - Debra L. Mason Chapter 16: The Global Context of Women in Communication - H. Leslie Steeves Part IV: Building a Foundation for Further Study Chapter 17: On the Margins: Examining the Intersection of Women and the Law of Mass Communication - Diane L. Borden and Maria B. Marron Chapter 18: Situating "the Other": Women, Racial, and Sexual Minorities in the Media - Carolyn M. Byerly Chapter 19: Myths of Race and Beauty in Teen Magazines: A Semiotic Analysis - Meenakshi Gigi Durham Chapter 20: The Social Construction of Leadership and Its Implications for Women in Mass Communication - Linda Aldoory Chapter 21: Got Theory? - Laura A. Wackwitz and Lana F. Rakow Part V: Where Do We Go From Here? Chapter 22: Our Conclusion: Gender Values Remain, Inequity Resurges, and Globalization Brings New Challenges - Pam Creedon and Judith Cramer