Main Issues of Feminism Research in Mass Communication: from the Perspective of China
Main Issues of Feminism Research in Mass Communication: from The Perspective of China
Outline
With the movement of feminist in 1960, feminism, as a theoretical viewpoint, critical method, and a collection of movements and ideologies, has become a burgeoning area both within original academic discipline and across disciplinary boundaries (Shapiro, 1992). In the process of globalization, culture pluralism developed by pragmatist philosophers (Randolph, 1916) inspires the generation of tons of diverse thoughts. While the field of communication has been experiencing a major paradigm shift (Gerbner, 1983), feminism has affected many fields of social science. And this trend, to a certain degree, impels the combination of the research of feminism with the journalism and communication.
In china, the academic circle of communication did not largely engage in gender and communication until 1995, when the the United Nation 4th World Conference on Women was hold in Beijing (Shengwu, 2005). Therefore, based on literature analysis method, this paper will analyses the samples, from 1995 to 2004, of authorized academic resourcesin China, in order to find the progress of academic research of feminism in mass communication, figure out the general problems and the sharp disputes lie in this research field, and put forward the views of future development of research on gender and media in China.
Reference:
Ardizzoni, M. (1998, 7). Feminist Contributions to Communication Studies: Past and Present. Journal of communication Inquiry , 22 (3), pp. 293-305.
Cirksena, K. (1987, 1). Politics and Difference: Radical Feminist Epistemological Premises for Communication Studies. Journal of Communication Inquiry , 11 (1), pp. 19-28.
Gerbner, G. (Ed.). (1983). Ferment in the Field: Communications Scholars Address Critical Issues and Research Tasks of the Discipline (Vol. 33). Annenberg School Press.
Mclaughlin, L. (1995). Feminist Communication Scholarship and The Woman's Question
Outline
With the movement of feminist in 1960, feminism, as a theoretical viewpoint, critical method, and a collection of movements and ideologies, has become a burgeoning area both within original academic discipline and across disciplinary boundaries (Shapiro, 1992). In the process of globalization, culture pluralism developed by pragmatist philosophers (Randolph, 1916) inspires the generation of tons of diverse thoughts. While the field of communication has been experiencing a major paradigm shift (Gerbner, 1983), feminism has affected many fields of social science. And this trend, to a certain degree, impels the combination of the research of feminism with the journalism and communication.
In china, the academic circle of communication did not largely engage in gender and communication until 1995, when the the United Nation 4th World Conference on Women was hold in Beijing (Shengwu, 2005). Therefore, based on literature analysis method, this paper will analyses the samples, from 1995 to 2004, of authorized academic resourcesin China, in order to find the progress of academic research of feminism in mass communication, figure out the general problems and the sharp disputes lie in this research field, and put forward the views of future development of research on gender and media in China.
Reference:
Ardizzoni, M. (1998, 7). Feminist Contributions to Communication Studies: Past and Present. Journal of communication Inquiry , 22 (3), pp. 293-305.
Cirksena, K. (1987, 1). Politics and Difference: Radical Feminist Epistemological Premises for Communication Studies. Journal of Communication Inquiry , 11 (1), pp. 19-28.
Gerbner, G. (Ed.). (1983). Ferment in the Field: Communications Scholars Address Critical Issues and Research Tasks of the Discipline (Vol. 33). Annenberg School Press.
Mclaughlin, L. (1995). Feminist Communication Scholarship and The Woman's Question