Intra-national inequalities in journalism studies in context: Gender, migration and East-West/North-South

Stine Eckert and Karin Assmann. “Intra-national inequalities in journalism studies in context: Gender, migration and East-West/North-South,” paper accepted for presentation at the International Communication Association (ICA) conference, June 4-8, Cape Town, South Africa. Abstract: We offer “Power Dimensions in Journalism” as a framework to expose veiled inequalities in journalism and journalism studies through a feminist lens. This framework highlights two under-researched axes of identity in gender media studies: migration and intra-national identities, arising from historic East/West and North/South divides within countries. We adapt Collins and Bilge’s (2020) four domains of power of intersectionality to examine how theses axes of identity intersect in journalism production, content, and reception. The application of this framework in the East/West German context demonstrates its utility. Further, we discuss the framework’s potential to illuminate diverse intra-national contexts, such as in Vietnam, England, and the United States