Journalism, media & communication Gender & media

Research team

• Professor Karen Boyle
• Dr Petya Eckler
• Dr Sallyanne Duncan
• Dr Michael Higgins
• Dr Esperanza Miyake
• Dr Sophie Jones
• Dr Kirsty Alexander

This strand brings together a range of diverse research interests around gendered inequalities as these are articulated in and through contemporary media practices and representations.

Key areas of ongoing research include:

• gender, violence and representation
• body image and eating disorders
• gendered representations of political figures in the UK and US
• representations of race, disability and mental health in relation to gender in popular media, literary and visual cultures
• gender and genre

Strathclyde is the lead academic partner for Gender Equal Media Scotland (GEMS), a collaborative venture with Engender (Scotland’s leading women’s rights organisation) which seeks to influence the media landscape in Scotland through research, knowledge exchange and public engagement.

GEMS emerged from a workshop series Tackling Gendered Inequalities in Scottish News, funded by the Royal Society of Edinburgh (Boyle & Duncan).