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    Producing Television and Reproducing Gender


    O'Brien, Anne (2014) Producing Television and Reproducing Gender. Television and New Media, 16 (3). pp. 259-274. ISSN 1527-4764

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    Abstract

    In a case study of Irish television, gendered production processes are created through the channeling of women and men into different types of roles where they receive differential rewards and opportunities from their work. Gender also impacts in complex ways on the routines of production, where it shapes the perspective applied to media content and expectations regarding the behavior of staff. Gendered production routines and role allocations become embedded over time and eventually form a gendered culture of television production that prohibits Irish women’s equal participation. Despite the reproduction of gendered work roles, routines, and cultures, women offer evidence of sustainable and valued careers in production. However, women’s adaptations to the constraints of gendered work processes and practices are founded on a neoliberal and postfeminist sensibility that denies the gendered nature of their work and refers responsibility for survival in the industry onto the individual worker, who in turn denies the relevance of gender to their careers.

    Item Type: Article
    Keywords: gender; roles; routines; culture; production; creative labor;
    Academic Unit: Faculty of Arts,Celtic Studies and Philosophy > School of English, Media & Theatre Studies > Media Studies
    Item ID: 11854
    Identification Number: https://doi.org/10.1177/1527476414557952
    Depositing User: Anne O'Brien
    Date Deposited: 22 Nov 2019 17:41
    Journal or Publication Title: Television and New Media
    Publisher: SAGE Publications
    Refereed: Yes
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    Use Licence: This item is available under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share Alike Licence (CC BY-NC-SA). Details of this licence are available here

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