[Commlist] New publication series "Research Reviews for Development Practitioners" starts with "Feminist and Gender Perspectives in the Literature on Media and Development"

We proudly announce the start of a new publication series called 
“Research Reviews for Media Development Practitioners”. The reviews 
provide concise analyses of current research, both academic and 
non-academic, and discuss its practical relevance for international 
media assistance.

The first issue is authored by Viviane Schönbächler, MEDAS 21 PhD 
student at Ruhr University Bochum, who made the start by reviewing 
“Feminist and Gender Perspectives in the Literature on Media and 
Development”. Here are three key findings:

* Scientific literature on gender in media development is sparse and is 
mostly contributed to by feminist scholars through dedicated chapters; 
it is not addressed as a cross-cutting issue.


* African Media Studies, even though an emerging field, might contribute 
to the broadening of media development scholarship, through, for 
instance, the disruption of fixed categorisations and essentialisations 
often present in ‘Western’ ways of thinking. Gender perspectives in 
African Media Studies also bring the concept of intersectionality to our 
attention.


* Grey literature on women in media (development) is abundant, providing 
important empirical data, e.g. through the Global Media Monitoring 
Project (GMMP). However, the large number of publications offered by 
various (media) development actors need to be read critically, taking 
into account their particular normative conditions of production.


The entire research review including conclusions for practitioners is 
available online and free of charge at:
http://fome.info/research-reviews
www.medas21.net/resources/

The publication series has been initiated by the German “Forum for Media 
and Development” fome and the graduate program MEDAS 21 with the aim to 
inform practitioners and researchers about key debates, evidence and 
emerging issues in international media development.

Up next are:
* Peace Journalism: A Tool Within Media Development? (by Fabíola Ortiz 
dos Santos)

* Sustainability: Going Beyond the Buzzword (by Michel Leroy)


Want to contribute?
Further research institutions and individuals are invited to join the 
initiative to expand its scope and reach! For more information, please 
contact (ines.drefs /at/ tu-dortmund.de)


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