Kerrigan, Páraic and Liddy, Susan and O’Brien, Anne (2023) Tools and measures for diversity and inclusion in media industries: International best practice and informing policy change in the Irish film and television sector. European Journal of Communication, 38 (3). pp. 217-236. ISSN 0267-3231

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Abstract

This article focuses on equality, diversity and inclusion in the Irish media industry and how it can be improved. The need to develop these policies, tools and measures has become pertinent, considering that the Irish media workforce currently lacks diversity. The aims of this article are twofold: (i) examine the tools and measures from the international media industry that have been developed to improve equality, diversity and inclusion and (ii) interrogate how these tools and measures could work within the Irish context. Through sampling tools and measures developed in varying media industries in English language territories, this research used this analysis as the basis of semi-structured interviews with independent production companies and broadcasters in Ireland, to gauge how the media industry can develop equality, diversity and inclusion initiatives. This article identifies four central areas that would encourage further diversity in the Irish media sector: data gathering and monitoring, developing diversity standards, objective setting and incentivization and diverse recruitment for the industry.

Item Type:	Article
Keywords:	Media diversity; equality; diversity and inclusion; Irish media; tools and measures for change; diversity policy;
Academic Unit:	Faculty of Arts & Humanities > School of English, Media & Theatre Studies > Media Studies
Item ID:	17604
Identification Number:	https://doi.org/10.1177/02673231221118192
Depositing User:	Anne O'Brien
Date Deposited:	27 Sep 2023 10:51
Journal or Publication Title:	European Journal of Communication
Publisher:	Sage
Refereed:	Yes
URI:	Publisher
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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