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 |
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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: | 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 |
Related URLs: | |
URI: | https://mural.maynoothuniversity.ie/id/eprint/11854 |
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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