[Air-L] additional pieces of bias against women in journalism

[Nathaniel Poor]

As some/many of you probably know, this issue is currently receiving some attention on the CITASA/CITAMS list. (ASA’s comm info tech and media list.)

I don’t recall such triangulations before, and although this is on its own an important issue, the recognition is good to see.

I am totally cross-posting this text there, no apologies.

-Nat

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Nathaniel Poor, PhD
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> On Feb 24, 2016, at 12:23 PM, Caroline Sinders <csinders at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> A few friends of mine and myself are working on this for creative
> technology, critical theory, and art.
> It's crazy how many panels and articles reference ONLY men, especially in
> the creative coding scene where there are women, frequently, doing
> incredibly work.
> 
> On Wed, Feb 24, 2016 at 7:53 AM, Elinor Carmi <e.carmi at gold.ac.uk> wrote:
> 
>> Hi there,
>> 
>> There is a cool project called #WomenAlsoKnowStuff (You Should Ask Them
>> About it), made by a group of female political scientists who protest
>> against bias in media reports, as well as citing politics in academia.
>> 
>> They set up a database (https://womenalsoknowstuff.wordpress.com/) where
>> people can add female experts in various fields within political science.
>> 
>> This project got coverage at the Washington Post recently:
>> https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/monkey-cage/wp/2016/02/11/heres-a-list-of-smart-women-political-scientists-they-know-stuff-too/
>> 
>> Could be a nice project to take on regarding Internet studies more
>> broadly...
>> 
>> All the best,
>> Elinor Carmi,
>> Ph.D. Candidate and associate lecturer,
>> Department of Media & Communications,
>> Goldsmiths, University of London.
>> www.pinkeee.com
>> Twitter: @Elinor_Carmi
>> 
>> 
>> ________________________________________
>> From: Air-L <air-l-bounces at listserv.aoir.org> on behalf of Ben Light <
>> ben.light at qut.edu.au>
>> Sent: Wednesday, February 24, 2016 3:15 PM
>> To: gabriella.coleman at mcgill.ca
>> Cc: air-l at aoir.org
>> Subject: Re: [Air-L] additional pieces of bias against women in journalism
>> 
>> Oops and sorry for taking up airtime but I'm not finished :0)
>> 
>> I think what Meryl does excellently in her article and the comments, is
>> articulate a feminist approach to the construction of knowledge.
>> 
>> It's something, despite all the individualistic institutional pressures we
>> face, we should try to live ourselves. I'm trying, don't always get it
>> right and am happy to be corrected. Unlike the journalist in question here.
>> Sometimes you just gotta say - I missed a bit and/or I was wrong....
>> 
>>> On 24 Feb 2016, at 15:10, Ben Light <ben.light at qut.edu.au> wrote:
>>> 
>>> I don't have peices to offer but the issue of women being systematically
>> ignored in science and tech (let alone elsewhere in public and academia) is
>> pretty clear as made evident in feminist technology studies etc.
>>> 
>>> As far as I am concerned, FWIW, Meryl hits the nail on the head and does
>> a great job of dealing with the comments on her piece. Thanks so much for
>> highlighting this peice Gabriella (and of course Meryl for writing it) - I
>> really encourage people to read it, and the comments.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Sent from my phone so apologies for brevity and typos.
>>> 
>>>> On 24 Feb 2016, at 14:54, Gabriella Biella Coleman <
>> enid.coleman at mcgill.ca> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> Hi all,
>>>> 
>>>> I have heard back from some folks claiming that the case Meryl
>>>> highlighted was not indicative of larger trends. I thought I would pass
>>>> on a few pieces that do deal with the fact that the omission and
>>>> invisibility of female voices in journalism and journalistic writing is
>>>> not a sporadic occurrence but a systematic one. If others have good
>>>> pieces on the topic, I would love to see them.
>>>> 
>>>> 
>> http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2016/02/gender-diversity-journalism/463023/
>>>> 
>>>> http://democracyjournal.org/magazine/31/closed-network/
>>>> 
>>>> 
>> http://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/12/upshot/even-famous-female-economists-get-no-respect.html?_r=0
>>>> 
>>>> All best,
>>>> Gabriella
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> --
>>>> Gabriella Coleman
>>>> Wolfe Chair in Scientific and Technological Literacy
>>>> Department of Art History & Communication Studies
>>>> McGill University
>>>> 853 Sherbrooke Street West
>>>> Montreal, PQ
>>>> H3A 0G5
>>>> http://gabriellacoleman.org/
>>>> 514-398-8572
>>>> 
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