Editorial | Open Access
“Do Not Fight the Swans”: Gender Politics and Moral Norms Across Media
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Abstract: In recent years, we have witnessed a growing body of research focusing on identity politics, public shaming, and social outrage in the contemporary media landscape. Morality is often at the core of these debates. Recent studies show how all media types are rich sources of moral statements, producing an endless stream of moral discourse on all imaginable topics and themes. Yet, how these discourses are shaped in media production and what audiences and societies do with these discourses is not easy to predict. Simultaneously, gender politics are closely involved in these articulations of moral norms. This thematic issue aims to explore the historical trajectory and continuity of the vital role of media in shaping social dynamics and moral norms, particularly through the lens of gender, from a global perspective.
Keywords: cross-medial; gender politics; global perspective; moral norms
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