Mexico City, 2009Gender and Communication Section ProgramJuly 21st - July 24th |
Convenors:Todd Holden, Section Chair / Tohoku University (Japan) |
Session 1: Tuesday, July 21st, 14:15 - 15:45Gender and the Media Institution |
| Presenter | Institution | Paper Title | Abstract | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paula Lobo | Universidade do Minho (Portugal) | "Women in Television News: Semi-structured discussions" | ||
| Rosa Cabecinhas | Instituto de Ciências Sociais da Universidade do Minho (Portugal) | |||
| Ann Hollifield | University of Georgia (USA) | "Rising Voices: Women and Diversity in the U.S. Local Television Industry" | ||
| Bohyeong Kim | Seoul National University (South Korea) | "Early Female Announcers in Modern South Korea: Focusing on the historical formation of occupational characteristics and identities" | ||
| Misook Baek | Seoul National University (South Korea) | |||
| Hatty Oliver | Department of Media and Communication, Goldsmiths College (UK) | "Aesthetics not Ethics: The field of feminine journalism" | ||
Chair: Margaretha Geertsema, Butler University (USA)Room: Salón 2 |
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Session 2: Tuesday, July 21st, 16:15 - 18:00Women Finding Voice |
| Presenter | Institution | Paper Title | Abstract | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hakan Ergül | Anadolu University (Turkey) | "In/between Fiction and Reality: Media, everyday life and construction of gender" | ||
| Íncilay Cangöz | Anadolu University (Turkey) | |||
| Emre Gökalp | Anadolu University (Turkey) | |||
| Ece Algan | California State University, San Bernardino (USA) | "Women's Voices on the Radio: Traditions, family honor and women's rights in Southeast Turkey" | ||
| Seyedeh Shideh Lalami | Allameh Tabatabaee University (Iran) | "The Hidden Half of Women's Life in Iranian Cinema: Second Wife, Life in Shadows" | ||
| Gilbert Motsaathebe | Lecturer of Journalism, Faculty of Informatics and Design Cape Peninsula University of Technology (South Africa) |
"Divergent Discourse in Independent Films and TV Programmes Produced by Women in Southern Africa" | ||
| Igal Mashiah | The College of Management Academic Studies (Israel) | "Purity: Breaking the Codes of Silence" | ||
Chair: Silvana Mota-Ribeiro, CECS, University of Minho (Portugal)Room: Salón 2 |
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Session 3: Wednesday, July 22nd, 9:00 - 10:45The Women's Right to Communicate from the Human Rights Perspective (In Spanish) |
| Presenter | Institution | Paper Title | Abstract | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dra. Aimée Vega Montiel | National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), (Mexico) | "Women's Human Rights in the Mexican Media Agenda" | ||
| Dra. Marcela Lagarde y de los Ríos | National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), (Mexico) | "The Transversalization of the Gender Perspective in the Media Law in Mexico" | ||
| Mtra. Olga Bustos Romero | National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), (Mexico) | "Violence of Gender in Media and Critical Audiences" | ||
| Mtra. Angélica de la Peña | Network of Researchers for the Life and Liberty of Women (Mexico) | "The Human Right to Communicate for Girls" | ||
| Mtra. Ángela Alfarache Lorenzo | National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), (Mexico) | "The General Law on Women's Access to a Life Free from Violence and the Media Role in the Eradication of Violence against Women" | ||
Chair: Dra. Patricia Castañeda (Mexico)Room: Salón 2 | ||||
Session 4: Wednesday, July 22nd, 14:15 - 15:45Activism I |
| Presenter | Institution | Paper Title | Abstract | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Edgard Rebouças | Universidade Federal de Pernambuco (Brazil) | "Feminism and Media in Brazil: Thoughts about women participation as political stakeholders in cultural industries" | ||
| Ana Veloso | Universidade Federal de Pernambuco (Brazil) | |||
| Chiung Hwang Chen | Brigham Young University Hawaii (USA) | "Feminist Movement in Taiwan's Buddhism: A call to abolish the Eight Reverent Precepts" | ||
| Muhammad Usman Ghani | (Pakistan) | "Media, Gender, and Communication: The role of media in visibilizing women's information in Pakistan" | ||
Chair: Hakan Ergül, Anadolu University (Turkey)Room: Salón 2 | ||||
Session 5: Wednesday, July 22nd, 16:15 - 18:00Activism II |
| Presenter | Institution | Paper Title | Abstract | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yang Chen | Renmin University of China (China) | "Media Strategies and News Production: A case study of women's movement in contemporary China," | ||
| Hamideh Jamaali | Allameh Tabatabai University (Islamic Republic of Iran) | "Comparative Study of Iranian Women's Movement Discourse in Two Historical Events: 'Constitutionalism Movement' and 'Campaign of 1 Million Signatures to Change Biased Laws'" | ||
| Margaretha Geertsema | Butler Univesity (USA) | "Building Global Bridges: How women's eNews covers women around the world" | ||
Chair: Hakan Ergül, Anadolu University (Turkey)Room: Salón 2 | ||||
Session 6: Thursday, July 23rd, 9:00 - 10:45Gender and Development |
| Presenter | Institution | Paper Title | Abstract | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Richa Tripathi | (India) | "Folk Arts Reflecting Gender issues in India" | ||
| Amie Joof | Inter-African Network for Women, Media, Gender Equity and Development (Senegal) | "Gender and Media in Africa: A study conducted in 8 countries in West Africa, namely The Gambia, Ghana, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Cote D'Ivoire, Guinea, Burkina Faso and Niger" | ||
| Abigail Ogwezzy | University of Lagos (Nigeria) | "Rebranding Widowhood Practices: A social marketing approach" | ||
| Lisa McLaughlin | Miami University-Ohio (USA) | "Neoliberal Governmentality at Work: Incorporating women and ICT into national development plans in Malaysia" | ||
| Sarah Bradshaw | Principal Lecturer in Development Studies, Middlesex University (UK) | "Rights Are Nice, but They are Not Real Life [Nicaragua]" | ||
| Jean Casey | Gender and Generation Researcher, Puntos de Encuentro (Nicaragua) | |||
Chair: Ann Hollifield, University of Georgia (USA)Room: Salón 2 | ||||
Session 7: Thursday, July 23rd, 14:15 - 15:45Pop Culture and Gender Performance I |
| Presenter | Institution | Paper Title | Abstract | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dorit Naaman | Queen's University (Canada) | "Combat Cuties: The visual portrayal of women soldiers in Israel" | ||
| Eva Berger | College of Management Academic Studies (Israel) | |||
| Carla Cerqueira | University of Minho (Portugal) | "The Visual Representation of Women in the Media" | ||
| Rosa Cabecinhas | University of Minho (Portugal) | |||
| Hsiu-hui Sun | National Chengchi University (Taiwan) | "Capitalism, Colonialism and Cross-cultural Studies: Comparing the female images of the classic Shanghai calender posters and the print ads during Japanese occupation of Taiwan" | ||
| I-fen Chen | Fulbright Scholar and Independent Researcher (Taiwan) | |||
Chair: Michael Prieler, Hallym University (South Korea)Room: Salón 2 | ||||
Session 8: Thursday, July 23rd, 16:15 - 18:00Pop Culture and Gender Performance II |
| Presenter | Institution | Paper Title | Abstract | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Diana Nastasia | University of North Dakota (USA) | "Girlhood and the Disney Exotic Princesses" | ||
| Charu Uppal | University of South Pacific (Fiji) | |||
| Jessica Birthisel | Indiana University, (USA) | "Some like it Hotter: Angelina Jolie's Sex-positive Feminist Representations in the Third Wave, On Screen and Off" | ||
| Nelly Quemener | University Sorbonne Nouvelle-Paris III (France) | "Female Humorists on French Television Talk Shows" | ||
Chair: Michael Prieler, Hallym University (South Korea)Room: Salón 2 | ||||
Session 9: Friday, July 24th, 9:00 - 10:45Representations for Consumption |
| Presenter | Institution | Paper Title | Abstract | |
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| Carla Baptista | Lusofona University, Lisbon (Portugal) | "The Representation of the Feminine in Women's and Men's Magazines" | ||
| Orly Tsarfaty | The Max Stern Academic College of Emek Yezreel (Israel) | "Preservation vs. Change: Manifestations of feminist discourse in commercial family magazines in ultra-Orthodox society in Israel" | ||
| Dalia Liran-Alper | The College of Management-Academic Studies, Tel Aviv And Beit Berl College (Israel) | |||
| Anne-Marie Kinahan | Wilfrid Laurier University (Canada) | "Commodifying Women's Citizenship: Gender, consumption, and Everywoman's World" | ||
| Silvana Mota-Ribeiro | CECS, University of Minho (Portugal) | "Beyond the Visual Surface: An application of social semiotics visual grammar to advertising images" | ||
| Zara Pinto-Coelho | CECS, University of Minho (Portugal) | |||
| Michael Prieler | Hallym University (South Korea) | "Gender Representations of Older People in Japanese TV Ads" | ||
| Florian Kohlbacher | German Institute for Japanese Studies (Japan) | |||
| Shigeru Hagiwara | Keio University (Japan) | |||
| Akie Arima | Tokyo Woman's Christian University (Japan) | |||
Chair: Ece Algan, California State University, San Bernardino (USA)Room: Salón 2 | ||||
Session 10: Friday, July 24th, 9:00 - 10:45Media Perspectives on Women's Human Rights (In Spanish) |
| Presenter | Institution | Paper Title | Abstract | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elsa Ángeles Vera | La Universidad Iberoamericana (Mexico) | "¿Dónde están los límites de la información? El debate sobre el aborto, agosto de 2000" | ||
| Josefina Hernández-Téllez | Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Hidalgo (México) | |||
| Adriana Peimbert Reyes | Universidad Autònoma de la Ciudad de Mèxico (Mexico) | "Exclusion and Violation of the Rights of the Women in the Execution of Policies of Sexual and Reproductive Health. Analysis of the press" | ||
| Teresa Ruiz Cantero | Universidad de Alicante (Espana) | "Construcción de Enfermedades sexuadas desde la Publicidad de Fármacos en Revistas Internacionales de Medicina (1975-2005): Un asunto de validez científica" | ||
| Leticia Cerda | Càmara de Diputados (Mèxico) | "Los Medios de Comunicación Masiva una Herramienta para la Especialización en Derechos Humanos y Equidad de Género" | ||
| Sandra Lòpez Astudillo | GAMMA (Ecuador) | "Medios de Comunicación, Imaginario Social y Relaciones de Género" | ||
Chair: Elvira Hernández Carballido ( )Room: Cele 2 | ||||
Session 11: Friday, July 24th, 14:15 - 15:45Gender in Internet Spaces |
| Presenter | Institution | Paper Title | Abstract | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nonny de la Pena | University of Southern California (USA) | "Sexual Harassment and Gender in Second Life" | ||
| Andrew Schrock | University of Southern California (USA) | |||
| Jacki Morie | University of Southern California (USA) | |||
| Yow-Jiun Wang | National Cheng Kung University (Taiwan) | "New Little Men on the Net: A case study of straight male Internet daters in Taiwan" | ||
| Omid Ali Masoudi | Sooreh University (Iran) | "Content Analysis of the Material Produced by Iranian Women Bloggers in 2008" | ||
| Maryam Kiani | Allameh Tabatabai University (Iran) | "Gendered Identities in Persian Blogosphere" | ||
| Comfort Mbachu | Niger Delta University (Nigeria) | "Empowering the Nigerian Girl-Child through Science, Communication Technology in Education for a Better Tomorrow" | ||
Chair: Emre Gökalp, Anadolu University (Turkey)Room: Salón 2 | ||||
Session 12: Friday, July 24th, 16:15 - 18:00Gender in the News |
| Presenter | Institution | Paper Title | Abstract | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carla Cerqueira | Universidade do Minho (Portugal) | "Media Representations of the International Women's Day in Portugal" | ||
| Rosa Cabecinhas | Instituto de Ciencias Sociais da Universidade do Minho (Portugal) | |||
| Girish J. "Jeff" Gulati | Bentley University (USA) | "Media Representation and Gender Differences in the Coverage of International Human Trafficking" | ||
| Susanne Kinnebrock | University of Vienna (Austria) | "The Construction of Gender: A comparative study of newspaper coverage in three countries" | ||
| Melanie Magin | Austrian Academy of Sciences (Austria) | |||
| Birgit Stark | Austrian Academy of Sciences (Austria) | |||
| Núria Fernández | Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (España) | "Framing Women Politicians: Hillary Clinton media treatment analysis in the Spanish print media" | ||
| Etse Sikanku | University of Iowa (USA) | "Media Framing of Sarah Palin in the Aftermath of Her Interview with Katie Couric" | ||
Chair: Amie Joof, Inter-African Network for Women, Media, Gender Equity and Development (Senegal)Room: Salón 2 | ||||
Session 13: Friday, July 24th, 16:15 - 18:00The Women's Right to Communicate: Representation, Consumption, and Access to Media and Broadcasting Industries in Iberoamerica (In Spanish) |
| Presenter | Institution | Paper Title | Abstract | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alma Elena Gutiérrez Leyton | Tecnológico de Monterrey (México) | "Ellas como Protagonistas de la Noticia en México. Análisis de los patrones de representación de la mujer en el manejo noticioso en 5 periódicos" | ||
| Magaly Ruiz | Tecnológico de Monterrey (México) | |||
| Edgar Rivera | Tecnológico de Monterrey (México) | |||
| María del Mar Ramírez Alvarado | Universidad de Sevilla (España) | "Representación de las Mujeres Maduras en Televisión: Una situación discriminatoria" | ||
| Inmaculada Gordillo Álvarez | Universidad de Sevilla (España) | |||
| Morella Alvarado Miquelena | Universidad Central de Venezuela (Venezuela) | |||
| Iliana Ferrer | Universidad Autònoma de Barcelona (España) | "La Imagen de las Adolescentes en el Prime Time Televisivo Español: Transmisión, consumo y recepción en ficción, informativos y publicidad" | ||
| Nati Ramajo | Universidad Autònoma de Barcelona (España) | |||
| Virginia Luzón | Universidad Autònoma de Barcelona (España) | |||
| Arantxa Capdevila | Universidad Autònoma de Barcelona (España) | |||
| Mónica Figueras | Universidad Autònoma de Barcelona (España) | |||
| Mònika Jiménez | Universidad Autònoma de Barcelona (España) | |||
| Lorena Gómez | Universidad Autònoma de Barcelona (España) | |||
| Marta Martín Llaguno | Universidad de Alicante (España) | "La Mujer en la Industria Publicitaria: La concentración horizontal en la comunicación comercial" | ||
| Alejandra Hernández Ruiz | Universidad de Alicante (España) | |||
| Federico Rey Lennon | Pontificia Universidad Católica Argentina (Argentina) | |||
| Marta Martín Llaguno | Universidad de Alicante (España) | "La Mujer en la Industria Publicitaria. La segregación Vertical en la Comunicación Comercial (Techo de Cristal y Suelo Pegajoso): Una comparación entre España y Argentina" | ||
| Marina Beléndez Vázquez | Universidad de Alicante (España) | |||
| Paula Marzulli | Pontificia Universidad Católica Argentina (Argentina) | |||
| Concepciòn Medrano | Universidad del Paìs Vasco (UPV/EHU), (España) | "¿Reproduce el Medio Televisivo los Estereotipos Sociales de Género?: Resultados de una Investigación en el País Vasco (España)" | ||
| A. Aierbe | Universidad del Paìs Vasco (UPV/EHU), (España) | |||
| Juan Ignacio Martínez de Morentín de Goñi | Universidad del Paìs Vasco (UPV/EHU) (España) | |||
Chair: Adriana Peimbert Reyes, Universidad Autònoma de la Ciudad de MèxicoRoom: Cele 7 | ||||