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Allan, Kenneth & Scott Coltrane (1996), 'Gender displaying television commercials: a comparative study of television commercials in the 1950s and 1980s', Sex Roles 35:3/4. Suggests that there was 'changes in the images of women but not men' in gender portrayals in American TV commercials by the 1980s.

Alvarez, Maria (1998), 'Feminist icon in a catsuit', New Statesman Aug 14. Celebrates the Emma Peels of television and real life.

Bachen, Christine M. & Eva Illouz (1996), 'Imagining romance: young people's cultural models of romance and love', Critical Studies in Mass Communication 13:4, Dec. How the romantic imagination of children is shaped by what they see and hear, from an early age.

Bakewell, Joan (1996), 'Women on the edge', The Guardian Oct 14 . The status of women working in the British TV industry.

Becker, Ron (1998), 'Prime-time television in the Gay Nineties: network television, quality audiences, and gay politics', The Velvet Light Trap 42, Fall. How the promise of a gay and lesbian market is driving television programming.

Bell, Elizabeth (1996), 'Do you believe in fairies: Peter Pan, Walt Disney and me', Women's Studies in Communication, 19:2 . A personal story of Disney, Tinkerbell and one woman.

Campbell, Russell (1995), 'Dismembering the Kiwi Bloke: representations of masculinity in Braindead, Desperate Remedies and The Piano', Illusions 24, Spring. A celebration of the death of the Kiwi Bloke in recent NZ films.

Cremen, Christine (1998), 'Out they come, but it smakes of lip service', The Australian Jan 12. Gay characters may be the fashion on television but stereotypes persist. Daddario, Gina (1997), 'Gendered sports programming: 1992 Summer Olympic coverage and the feminine narrative form', Sociology of Sport Journal 14. The parallels between soap opera narratives, and the representation of Olympic sport.

Epstein, Debbie & D. L. Steinberg (1996), 'All het up! Rescuing heterosexuality on the Oprah Winfrey Show', Feminist Review 54, Autumn. How Oprah both 'problematizes' and 'normalizes' the boundaries of heterosexuality.

Gamson, Joshua (1998), 'Publicity traps: television talk shows and lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender visibility', Sexualities 1(1). Argues thayt US talkshows 'encourahe viewers to separate 'bad' sexualities from 'good' ones'.

Goodsell, Lang (1996), Barbie is a bitch', Refractory Girl 50, Autumn. A former Barbie owner traces her route to enlightenment.

Goodsell, Lang (1996), 'How much is that girlie in the window?', Refactory Girl 51, Spring. This issue of the Australian feministjournal contains a special section'Women and Media: Ads, lies and stereotypes'.Other contributions include: 'Women and the media: some current policy issues', 'Sex, ads and stereotypes', 'A sticky business: tampons in the media', and 'Mother is not a dirty word'.

Handy, Bruce (1997), 'Roll over, Ward Cleaver', Time April 14. A review of 'The changing nature of sex' on American television, accompanying a cover story about the 'coming-out' of Ellen DeGeneres (the character and the the actor).

Hellman, Heikki (1996), 'A toy for the boys only? Reconsidering the gender effects of video technology', European Journal of Commmunication 11 (1). Although use of the VCR still is largely male-dominated, it may be changing in some countries and some circumstances.

Herrett-Skjellum, Jennifer & M. Allen (1995), 'Television programming and sex stereotyping: a meta-analysis', Communication Yearbook 19. A useful review of North American research.

Jacobs, A. J. (1996), 'Out', Entertainment Weekly Oct 4. The will she/won't she? story of the lead character in the US sitcom Ellen.

Larson, Mary Strom (1996), 'Sex roles and soap operas: what adolescents learn about single motherhood', Sex Roles 35:1/2. Investigates thethe contribution of US daytime television soap operas to the perception of the rolesand lifestyle of the single mother.

Lumby, Catharine (1997), 'Girls and the New Media', Meanjin 1. An optimistic view of girls and technology.

McRobbie, Angela (1997), 'Bridging the gap: feminism, fashion and consumption', Feminist Review 55, Spring. Argues for integration of critical perspectives on production and consumption, in order to fully comprehend the role of fashion in womens' lives.

Minkowitz, Donna (1996), 'Xena: She's Big, Tall, Strong--and Popular', Ms. July/Aug. Why TV's Xena: Warrior Princess (New Zealand's Lucy Lawless) is such a big hit with American feminists.

Nathanson, Amy I., E.M. Perse & D.A. Ferguson (1997), 'Gender differences in television use: an exploration of the Instrumental Expressive Dichotomy', Communication Research Reports 14:2. Tends to support the contention that males and females watch television differently, and for different purposes.

Powell, Sian (1997). 'Double standard time', Weekend Australian Sept 13-14. How female news presenters fare on Australian television.

Ross, Karen & Annabelle Sreberny-Mohammadi (1997), 'Playing house--gender. politics and the news media in Britain', Media, Culture & Society 19. Research on the relationship between female Labour MP's and the British media.

Schwarzbaum, Lisa (1995), 'We're gonna make it after all', Working Woman October. On the 25th anniversary of The Mary Tyler Moore Show, this article argues that television is offering better roles for professional women than the movies.

Sieghart, Mary Ann (1997), 'Woman's work' , The Guardian June 30. The experiences of female journalists in the British newspaper industry.

'Swifter, higher, stronger, dearer', The Economist July 20, 1996. Who wins in the partnership between television and sport?

Thompson, Teresa L. & Eugenia Zerbinos (1997), 'Television cartoons: do children notice it's a boy's world?', Sex Roles 36:5/6. Children do observe differences in the way male and female characters are portrayed in television cartoons.

Wald, Gayle (1998), 'Just a Girl? Rock music, feminism, and the cultural construction of female youth', Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society 23, 3. Examines contemporary female rock musicians' representations of girls, girlhood and 'girl culture'.

Williams, Sue (1996), 'Bias against women: the ugly side of television', The Weekend Australian Nov 30-Dec 1. How women female presenters on Australian TV get a raw deal, in contrast to US television. From a forthcoming book Broad Casting: Women in Australian TV and Radio

Yeates, Helen (1996), 'Cracking the code: masculinities and desire'. Paper presented atthe ATOM National Media Education Conference, Brisbane. Investigates the celebration of the aging, over-weight malein contemporary TV drama(Sipowiczin NYPD Blue and Fitz in Cracker). By some accounts, this was one of the best papers at Brisbane.


        

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