cfp: THE MEDIA WAR AGAINST WOMEN

THE MEDIA WAR AGAINST WOMEN

The 2016 Oscars focused on the lack of diversity among nominees, which translated into a frustration with the lack of African American nominees.  Although the academy should be held accountable for the history of ignoring African Americans in film, marginalized groups such as the LGBT community, individuals with disabilities, and other people of color were not mentioned.  But particularly absent was the mention of women who comprise 51% of the U.S. population.  The media's continuous under-representation of women, whose life experiences are often ignored, tokenized, or presented through the context of a male lens, requires further scrutiny.  Purdue University Northwest Professors Theresa Carilli and Jane Campbell are seeking articles that address and examine the under-representation of women in the media, as their fourth co-edited book.  While articles can focus on media under-representation in journalism, television, or film, other perspectives demonstrating compromises wom!
 en make so their voices might be included in the media are encouraged.   Please send all abstracts and inquiries to Theresa Carilli, Department of Communication and Creative Arts, Purdue University Calumet, Hammond, IN 46323  tcarilli@sbcglobal.net by August 1, 2016.  Final articles are due by January 1, 2017.

Theresa Carilli, Ph.D., and Jane Campbell, Ph.D., are the co-editors of Women and the Media: Diverse Perspectives (UPA, 2005), Challenging Images of Women in the Media (Lexington Books, 2012), and Queer Media Images (Lexington Books, 2013).  They are currently series editors of Media, Culture, and the Arts (Lexington Books).
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