Books, reading and recommendations
Books and Articles from Committee members
Nathalie Weidhase
Latest Book: Tomsett, Elle., Weidhase, Nathalie., Wilde, Poppy. (2024) Working Women on Screen: Paid Labour and Fourth Wave Feminism. Palgrave Macmillan.
Latest Article: Weidhase, Nathalie. (2023) ‘Theresa’s tears: gendering mediations of populist leadership failures in Brexit Britain’, in Feminist Media Studies 1-16 https://doi.org/10.1080/14680777.2023.2200552
Fiona McKay
Latest Book Chapter: Higgins, Michael., Smith, Angela., McKay, Fiona. (2023). ‘Emotional authority in presenting the later Covid-19 strategy: the speeches and statements of Scotland’s Nicola Sturgeon’, in The Nation in the Time of Pandemic: International Media Narratives of the Covid-19 Crisis. Leon-Sollis, F., & O’Donnell, H. (eds). [S.I.], 14 p.14 (embargoed)
Latest Article: McKay, Fiona. (2020) ‘A stairheid rammy: female politicians and gendered discourses in the Scottish press’, in Journal of Language and Politics 19(1), 30-47 https://doi.org/10.1075/jlp.20004.mck
Karen Boyle
Latest Book: Boyle, Karen., Berridge, Susan. (eds) (2023) The Routledge Companion to Gender, Media & Violence, London: Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003200871
Latest Article: Boyle, Karen., House, Melody., Yaqoob, Talat. (2022) ‘Time to Pass the Mic: Gender and race in Scotland’s news’, in Journalism 25(1), 22-40 https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/14648849221128212
Bridget Conor
Latest Book Chapter: Conor, Bridget. (2024) ‘Is Kirsten’s Dunst’s Nanny an Essential Worker? Dispatches from Studio NZ’, in Media Industries in Crisis: What Covid Unmasked. Mayer, V., Lavie, N., & Banks, M. (eds). London: Routledge
Latest Article: Conor, Bridget. (2021) ‘“How Goopy are you?” Women, Goop and cosmic wellness’, in European Journal of Cultural Studies 24(6), 1261-1281 https://doi.org/10.1177/13675494211055735
Melody House
Article: From “borking” to getting “Kavanaughed”: language, reputation, and the importance of a (male) name. House, M., 1 Feb 2023, (E-pub ahead of print) In Feminist Media Studies. 23, 8, p. 4285-4301 17 p.
Deborah Jermyn
Book: Love Across the Atlantic: US-UK Romance in Popular Culture Jermyn, D. (ed.), Brickman, B. (ed.) & Trost, T. (ed.), Feb 2020, Edinburgh University Press.
13 Feb 2024, (Accepted/In press): Action Heroines in the 21st Century: Sisters in Arms. Pheasant-Kelly, F. & Van Raalte, C. (eds.). Edinburgh University Press
Beth Johnson
Book: Johnson B, Long P, MacDonald S, Rogerson Bader S, Wall T. 2021. Media Studies: Texts, Production, Context (3rd Edition). https://www.routledge.com/Media-Studies-Texts-Production-Context/Long-Johnson-MacDonald-Bader-Wall/p/book/9781138914407
Article: Johnson B, Parry K. 2022. Jo Cox, public feeling and British political culture: #MoreInCommon. European Journal of Cultural Studies. 1504-1526 25.5 https://eprints.whiterose.ac.uk/188225/
Kaity Mendes
Mendes, K. Ringrose, J. and Keller, J. (2019) Digital Feminist Activism: Girls and Women Fight Back Against Rpe Culture. New York, NY: Oxford University Press. https://global.oup.com/academic/product/digital-feminist-activism-9780190697846
Mendes, K., Quan-Haase, A., Nau, C., Zhang, J. and Hollingshead, B. (2023) The Evolution of #MeToo: A Comparative Analysis of Vernacular Practices Across Time and Languages. Social Media +Society, https://doi.org/10.1177/20563051231196692
Barbara Mitra
Mitra, B., Young, S. and Mirza, M. (Eds) Gender in the Digital Sphere: Representation, Engagement and Expression. Maryland, Rowman and Littlefield https://rowman.com/ISBN/9781538155684/Gender-in-the-Digital-Sphere-Representation-Engagement-and-Expression
Mitra, B., Archer, D., Hurst, J. and Lycett, D. (2023) The Role of Religion, Spirituality and Social Media in the Journey of Eating Disorders: A Qualitative Exploration of Participants in the “TastelifeUK” Eating Disorder Recovery Programme. Journal of Religion and Health https://doi.org/10.1007/s10943-023-01861-0
Karen Ross
Ross, K. (2017) Gender, Politics, News: A Game of Three Sides. Malden, MA, WIley Blackwell. https://www.wiley.com/en-gb/Gender,+Politics,+News:+A+Game+of+Three+Sides+-p-9781118561621
Ross, K. (2024) Gendered Ageism in the media industry: disavowal, discrimination and the pushback. Journal of Women and Aging. 36(1): 61-77. https://doi.org/10.1080/08952841.2023.2238580
Michele Paule
Paule, M. and Yelin, H. (2024) Who Runs the World? Girls, Leadership, and Women in the Public Eye,. Rowmna and Littlefield. Who Runs the World?: Girls, Leadership, and Women in the Public Eye – 9781538165430
Paule, M. and Yelin, H. (2021) I don’t want’ to be known for it. Girls, Leadesrhip role models and the problem of represntation. European Journal of Cultural Studies. 25(1): 238-255. https://doi.org/10.1177/13675494211004595
Milly Williamson
Williamson, M. (2016) Celebrity: Capitalism and the Making of Fame. Cambridge, Polity Press. https://www.wiley.com/en-cn/Celebrity%3A+Capitalism+and+the+Making+of+Fame-p-9780745641041
Williamson, M. and Khiabany, G. (2024) The British State, Citizenship Rights and Gendered Folk Devils: The Case of Shamima Begum. European Journal of Cultural Studies. https://doi.org/10.1177/13675494241235
Hannah Yelin
Yelin, H. (2020) Celebrity Memoir: from Ghostwriting to Gender Politics. Palgrave MacMillian. https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-030-44621-5
Yelin, H. & Clancy, L. (2024) I have a folder in my email called Hate Mail: Academic public engagement, digital hate and the unequally distributed risks of visibility. New Formations. https://journals.lwbooks.co.uk/newformations/