Abstract
Recent global social changes and phenomena like #MeToo and Time’s Up Movement, the visibility of feminism in popular media (e.g., Beyonce or the TV series <em>Orange is the New Black</em>), the increase of datafication and fake news have not only put pressure on the media and entertainment industry and the content produced, but also generated critique, change and questions in the public debate on gender in general and (the backlash on) gender studies around the world. But are these phenomena also game changers for research on media and gender? In this thematic issue we want to provide insight in recent developments and trends in research on gender and media. What are the dominant ideas and debates in this research field and how do they deal with all of the changes in the media scape (e.g., platformization, the dominance of algorithms and datafication, slacktivism, and gender inequalities in media production). Moreover, how do current debates, theoretical insights and methods communicate with those in the past? The research field has changed rapidly over the last 10 years with repercussions on the conceptualisation of gender, its intersections with other identities markers (e.g., age, ethnicity, class, disabilities, sexualities, etc.), and media audiences’ responses to these developments. We welcome contributions within the scope of gender and media and which are topical in the way they introduce new concepts, theoretical insights, new methods or new research subjects.
Highlights
Issue This editorial is part of the issue “Gender and Media: Recent Trends in Theory, Methodology and Research Subjects” edited by Sofie Van Bauwel (Ghent University, Belgium) and Tonny Krijnen (Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands)
Recent global social changes and phenomena like #MeToo and the Time’s Up movement, the visibility of feminism and/or post-feminism in popular media, the increase of datafication and the concept of fake news have put pressure on the media, the entertainment industry and the content produced, but have generated critique, change and questions in the public debate on gender in general and gender studies around the world. Are these phenomena game changers for research on media and gender? In this thematic issue, we aim to provide some insight in recent debates within contemporary research on gen
In tandem with movements of social change, these changes may lead to a different answer: Nothing is the same and there are new routes in research
Summary
Issue This editorial is part of the issue “Gender and Media: Recent Trends in Theory, Methodology and Research Subjects” edited by Sofie Van Bauwel (Ghent University, Belgium) and Tonny Krijnen (Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands). Keywords #MeToo; gender; gender politics; media; post-feminism; representation Recent global social changes and phenomena like #MeToo and the Time’s Up movement, the visibility of feminism and/or post-feminism in popular media, the increase of datafication and the concept of fake news have put pressure on the media, the entertainment industry and the content produced, but have generated critique, change and questions in the public debate on gender in general and (the backlash on) gender studies around the world.
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