Current Issue
Contemporary gender issues
Vol 12(1), April 2006
Cartoon: © Malcolm Evans
Edited by Janet Bedggood and Allison Oosterman
Editorial
A legacy of gendered culture
Janet Bedggood and Allison Oosterman pp 5-9
Theme
CONTEMPORARY GENDER ISSUES:
- 1. Who makes the news? Promoting gender equality in and through the news media.
Anna Turley pp 10-14 - 2. Gender and journalism
Pru Goward pp 15-19 - Advertisement: The Guardian Weekly p 20
- 3. The pervasive power of man-made news
Judy McGregor pp 21-34 (read abstract) - Call for papers: Ecojournalism and security p 35
- Advertisement: Communication Studies at AUT p 36
- 4. Where have all the young men gone? Gender imbalance in tertiary journalism courses
Yvonne Densem pp 37-53 (read abstract) - 5. Women in Australian politics: Mothers only need apply
Cathy Jenkins pp 54-63 (read abstract) - Advertisement: Massey University p 63
- Advertisement: NZJTO p 64
- 6. The Don and Helen New Zealand election 2005: A media a-gender?
Heather Devere and Sharyn Graham Davies pp 65-85 (read abstract) - Advertisement: University of the South Pacific Books p 86
- 7. Electing women to Parliament: Fiji and the alternative vote electoral system
Rae Nicholl pp 87-107 (read abstract) - 8. The representation of female athletes in online images of successive Olympics
Dianne Jones pp 108-129 (read abstract) - Advertisement: JEANZ/JEA Call for Papers p 130
- 9. ‘The innocence in her beautiful green eyes’: Speculations on seduction and the ‘feminine’ in the Australian news media
Janine Little pp 131-145 (read abstract) - Advertisement: ACIJ special editions p 145
- Advertisement: JEANZ p 146-7
Commentaries
- A dozen Danish cartoons and the wrath of the Muslim world. Philip Cass pp 148-154 (read abstract)
- HIV/AIDS in Papua New Guinea: A reality check. Trevor Cullen pp 155-166 (read abstract)
- Advertisement: PJR back copies p 166
- Advertisement: USP Journalism Programme p 167
- Advertisement: Second NZ Human Rights Film Festival p 168
Reviews
- A Not-So-Distant Horror: Mass Violence in East Timor
By Joseph Nevins. Reviewed by Maire Leadbeater pp 169-172 - Advertisement: West Papua-the hidden Pacific conflict p 172
- Ending the Affair: The decline of television current affairs in Australia
By Graeme Turner. Reviewed by Paul Norris pp 173-176 - Al-Jazeera: How Arab TV News Challenged the World By Hugh Miles.
- The Al-Jazeera Phenomenon
By Mohamed Zayani. Reviewed by Philip Cass pp 176-182 - The Chinese Journalist: Mediating information in the world’s most populous country
By Hugo de Burgh. Reviewed by Alan Knight pp 182-185 - Eyes of Fire: The Last Voyage of the Rainbow Warrior
By David Robie. Reviewed by Selwyn Manning pp 186-189 - Noted: Silenced: International Journalists Expose Media Censorship (David Dadge); The Electronic Reporter (Barbara Alysen); Hard News: The Scandals at The New York Times and their Meaning for American Media (Seth Mnookin). Reviewed by David Robie and Danni Mulrennan pp 190-194
