''Feminist Media Studies'' is a

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covering media and communication studies from a feminist perspective. Established in March 2001, United Kingdom publisher

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publishes eight issues a year. This journal advocates for original submissions based on the social experiences of society and the intersectionality of feminism. The editors-in-chief are

Cynthia Carter Cynthia Carter (born 30 January 1959) is a Reader in the School of Journalism, Media and Culture, Cardiff University, and co-founding editor of the journal ''Feminist Media Studies''. She has been the guest editor of a special "Gendered News" ...

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) and Isabel Molina-Guzmán ( University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign). The editorial board consists of authors and researchers from institutions around the world, including universities in the United States, the United Kingdom, the Middle East, and other universities around Asia. This academic journal provides a forum for researchers with feminist approaches to the field of communication studies. The journal has over 400,000 downloads and views each year, and invites contributions from all fields, whether related to communications or not. Any article submitted to this journal has undergone a rigorous peer review process, being anonymously reviewed by at least two other scholars. Any researcher(s) or author(s) wanting to submit an article to ''Feminist Media Studies'' will need to submit their article on the journal's website. The latest issues of Feminist Media Studies include articles on

Black feminism Black feminism is a philosophy that centers on the idea that "Black women are inherently valuable, that lack women'sliberation is a necessity not as an adjunct to somebody else's but because our need as human persons for autonomy." Race, gen ...

social media Social media are interactive media technologies that facilitate the creation and sharing of information, ideas, interests, and other forms of expression through virtual communities and networks. While challenges to the definition of ''social medi ...

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, and popular shows such as "

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". The most-read articles are "''Post-feminism and popular culture''," and "''The effect of media sexism on women's political ambition: evidence from a worldwide study''."

Abstracting and indexing

The journal is abstracted and indexed in

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Communication and Mass Media Complete Communication (from la, communicare, meaning "to share" or "to be in relation with") is usually defined as the transmission of information. The term may also refer to the message communicated through such transmissions or the field of inquir ...

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