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The Third Edition of Women in Mass Communication provides a new generation of students with an insightful examination of women in the journalism and mass communication professions. In this seminal volume, editors Pamela Creedon and Judith Cramer offer ideas and directions for improving the status of women—and men— working in the field.
The Social Construction of Leadership and its Implications for Women in Mass Communication
The Social Construction of Leadership and its Implications for Women in Mass Communication
Leadership has been studied by hundreds of scholars in management, business, psychology, education, and organizational communication. According to Pavitt, Whitchurch, McClurg, and Petersen (1995), “More than 7,500 studies relevant to leadership have appeared in the social science literature” (p. 243). This considerable body of knowledge is filled with varying perspectives and theories that help explain leadership styles, skills, and potential gender differences.
In mass communication, however, there have been few attempts to examine what leadership means and even fewer efforts to understand what it means for women in the field.1 In general, the defining group for conceptualizing leadership, ...
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