ABSTRACT
Journalism is, of course, a topic with many aspects, but this article will focus on the feminist approach. Feminist scholars propose that a critical perspective on journalism requires recognizing that news is a gendered discourse, which both produces and reproduces particular constructions of masculinity, femininity, ethnicity, multiculturalism, sexual orientation, race, and class. For example, Rakow and Kranich (1991:9) have argued that news is a "masculine narrative in which women function not as speaking subjects but as signs." Woman as mother, the lesbian woman, the woman of color, the single woman, and the working woman are examples of how "woman" can function as sign in various social and cultural environments. These are also examples of how the meanings and implications of gender can change, depending on its interplay with factors such as class, race, sexual orientation, ethnicity, and religion.
