Welcome to Francis Academic Press

Academic Journal of Humanities & Social Sciences, 2022, 5(9); doi: 10.25236/AJHSS.2022.050904.

A Study on the Relationship between Journalism and Feminism in Britain

Author(s)

Shi Xiaotong

Corresponding Author:
Shi Xiaotong
Affiliation(s)

Foreign Language Department, Guangzhou College of Technology and Business, Guangzhou 510850, China

Abstract

This paper aims to analyze the relationship between journalism and feminism in Britain and find out whether journalism became feminized over time by discussing how women engaged in the newsroom and the orientation of feminine feature in journalism in different stages. This essay adopted the historical approach and consisted of three parts. The first two parts reviewed the development of the female newspaper and broadcasting journalists in the initial stage and post-war period, and then the following paragraph discussed the overall situation of female journalists in contemporary British society. By analyzing the development of female journalists and their journalistic style in history, the trend of journalism would be revealed, as well as whether the influx of female journalists had made journalism became feminized over time in Britain. 

Keywords

Journalism, Feminism, British history, Gender equality

Cite This Paper

Shi Xiaotong. A Study on the Relationship between Journalism and Feminism in Britain. Academic Journal of Humanities & Social Sciences (2022) Vol. 5, Issue 9: 18-22. https://doi.org/10.25236/AJHSS.2022.050904.

References

[1] Barrett, J., (2002). Speaking on Woman’s Hour. BBC Radio, 4.

[2] Carter, C., Branston, G. and Allan, S. eds., (2002). News, gender and power. Routledge. 

[3] Chambers, D., Steiner, L. and Fleming, C., (2004). Women and journalism. Psychology Press. 

[4] Childs, P. and Storry, M. eds., (2013). Encyclopedia of contemporary British culture. Routledge. 

[5] Delano, A., (2003). Women Journalists: what's the difference?. Journalism Studies, 4(2), pp.273-286. 

[6] Eagleton, M. and Parker, E. eds., (2016). The History of British Women's Writing, 1970-Present: Volume Ten. Springer. 

[7] Feldman, S., (2000). Twin Peaks: the staying power of BBC Radio 4’s Woman’s Hour. Women and Radio: Airing Differences, pp.64-73. 

[8] Harutyunyan, A., Hörschelmann, K. and Miles, M., (2009). Public spheres after socialism. Intellect Books. 

[9] Heller, A., (1999). Girl columns. S. Glover (Ed.). 

[10] Jermyn, D., (2013). Past their prime time?: Women, ageing and absence on British factual television. Critical Studies in Television: The International Journal of Television Studies, 8(1), pp.73-90. 

[11] MacGregor, S., (2003). Woman of Today. Windsor. 

[12] McNair, B., (2009). News and Journalism in the UK. routledge. 

[13] Pate, A.C.G., (2014). Women in journalism in the United Kingdom: an analysis of expectations and experiences of equality within the profession 1970 to the present. (Doctoral dissertation, University of the West of Scotland). 

[14] Peacocke, E.H., (1936). Writing for Women (Vol. 7). A. & C. Black.

[15] Rakow, L.F. and Kranich, K., (1991). Woman as sign in television news. Journal of Communication, 41(1), pp.8-23. 

[16] Ross, K., (2001). Women at work: Journalism as en-gendered practice. Journalism Studies, 2(4), pp.531-544.

[17] Scannell, P. and Cardiff, D., (1991). A social history of British broadcasting. 1. 1922-1939, serving the nation. Blackwell. 

[18] Scott, B., (2005). A contemporary history of digital journalism. Television & New Media, 6(1), pp.89-126. 

[19] Shingler, M. and Wieringa, C., (1998). On air: methods and meanings of radio. Arnold. 

[20] Steiner, L., (1992). " Construction of Gender in Newsreporting Textbooks" 1890-1990. Journalism and Communication Monographs, 135. 

[21] Stott, M., (1973). Forgetting's no excuse. Faber & Faber. 

[22] Thurman, N., Cornia, A. and Kunert, J., (2016). Journalists in the UK. 23. Tunstall, J., (2003). Television producers. Routledge. 

[23] Whitehorn, K., (1997). We Never Had Orgasms on the Front Page. Of Course, It’s All Changed Now. The Observer. 

[24] Zilliacus-Tikkanen, H., (1997). The Essence of Journalism from a Gender Perspectivei. Helsinki: Ylesradio.