{"id":6416,"date":"2025-08-27T13:00:12","date_gmt":"2025-08-27T11:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leibniz-hbi.de\/?post_type=hbi-publications&#038;p=6416"},"modified":"2025-08-29T14:35:52","modified_gmt":"2025-08-29T12:35:52","slug":"diversity-intersectionality-and-gender-in-journalism","status":"publish","type":"hbi-publications","link":"https:\/\/leibniz-hbi.de\/en\/hbi-publications\/diversity-intersectionality-and-gender-in-journalism\/","title":{"rendered":"Diversity, Intersectionality, and Gender in Journalism"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The third issue of M&amp;K in 2025 is a special edition on &#8220;Diversity, Intersectionality, and Gender in Journalism,&#8221; edited by Margreth L\u00fcnenborg, Ana-Nzinga Wei\u00df, Yener Bayramo\u011flu, and Bernadette Uth. The nine articles are available <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nomos-elibrary.de\/de\/10.5771\/1615-634X-2025-3\/m-k-medien-kommunikationswissenschaft-jahrgang-73-2025-heft-3\">open access on the Nomos eLibrary<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-6388 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/leibniz-hbi.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/MuK25-3Cover-300x193.jpg\" alt=\"Cover of the M&amp;K journal, issue 3\/2025\" width=\"300\" height=\"193\" srcset=\"https:\/\/leibniz-hbi.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/MuK25-3Cover-300x193.jpg 300w, https:\/\/leibniz-hbi.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/MuK25-3Cover-768x494.jpg 768w, https:\/\/leibniz-hbi.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/MuK25-3Cover.jpg 840w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>In their introductory article, the guest editors contextualize the journal within previous research in German communication studies. The article summarizes key studies that have addressed relevant issues and identifies gaps in existing research.<\/p>\n<p>Building on this, the article discusses how the contributions to the special issue provide new impetus and perspectives for the academic debate on diversity and gender in journalism.<\/p>\n<p>The contributions offer a wide range of research perspectives. They include diversity-critical and new empirical approaches to gender and sex in journalism and journalism research, as well as the analysis of diversity in the context of changes in journalistic roles and tasks brought about by new technological innovations.<\/p>\n<p>To conclude, the introduction discusses the challenges that arise for research on diversity, intersectionality, and gender in the journalistic context. The introduction advocates for a critical research perspective that encourages self-reflection on existing norms, standards, and structures within German communication studies.<\/p>\n<h2>Overview of the Nine Articles<\/h2>\n<p>Ana-Nzinga Wei\u00df \/ Margreth L\u00fcnenborg \/ Yener Bayramo\u011flu \/ Bernadette Uth<br \/>\n<strong><span lang=\"de\">Diversit\u00e4t, Intersektionalit\u00e4t und Geschlecht im Journalismus: zur Einf\u00fchrung in das Themenheft<\/span> <\/strong>[Diversity, Intersectionality and Gender in Journalism: An Introduction to<br \/>\nthe Special Issue]<\/p>\n<p>Tanja Thomas \/ Fabian Virchow \/Gamze U\u011fur<br \/>\n<strong><span lang=\"de\">Journalismus und Rassismus in einer postmigrantischen Gesellschaft. Diversit\u00e4t als Herausforderung an die Berichterstattung \u00fcber die rechtsterroristischen Morde in Hanau<\/span> <\/strong>[Reporting Hanau. Journalism, Racism, and the Challenge of a Post-Migrant Society]<\/p>\n<p>Christina Haritos \/ Ana-Nzinga Wei\u00df<br \/>\n<strong>Representing the Marginalized. A Critical Interrogation of (Self-)Representation<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Steffen Gr\u00fctjen \/ Milan Skusa<br \/>\n<strong><span lang=\"de\">\u201eWas geschrieben wird, ist manchmal wie so ein Gummiband gezogen\u201c. Leichte und Einfache Sprache im Journalismus aus Nutzer:innenperspektive<\/span><\/strong>[\u201cFeels Stretched Like a Rubber Band.\u201d How Users Experience Easy and Plain Language in the News]<\/p>\n<p>Jana Rick<br \/>\n<strong><span lang=\"de\">Berufsflucht der Journalistinnen? Geschlechterunterschiede beim Ausstieg aus dem Journalismus<\/span><\/strong> [The Exodus of Women Journalists? Exploring Gendered Career Exits]<\/p>\n<p>Alija Andrich \/ Marko Bachl \/ Emese Domahidi<br \/>\n<strong>Do Women Write More About Women? The Impact of Journalist Gender on the Media Visibility of Female and Male Politicians<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Karin Boczek \/ Liane Rothenberger<br \/>\n<strong><span lang=\"de\">Was mit Medien, was mit Gender: Repr\u00e4sentation, Forschungsthemen und institutionelle Standorte<\/span><\/strong> v<strong>on Journalismusforscher:innen, die zu \u201eGender\u201c arbeiten<\/strong>[Something with Media, Something with Gender. Representation, Research Topics, and Institutional Contexts of Scholars in Journalism Studies, Who Work on \u201cGender\u201d]<\/p>\n<p>Kim L\u00f6hmann \/ Phoebe Maares \/ Daniel N\u00f6lleke \/ Folker Hanusch<br \/>\n<strong><span lang=\"de\">Diversit\u00e4t im journalistischen Selbstverst\u00e4ndnis. Eine Analyse des Rollenselbst- und -fremdbildes traditioneller und peripherer Akteur*innen im \u00f6sterreichischen Journalismus<\/span><\/strong> [Diversity as a Part of Journalistic Role Conceptions. An Analysis of Differences in Role Conceptions between Traditional and Peripheral Journalistic Actors]<\/p>\n<p>Lina Brink \/ Elke Grittmann<br \/>\n<strong><span lang=\"de\">Diversit\u00e4t in der Berichterstattung \u00fcber die sozialen Folgen K\u00fcnstlicher Intelligenz. Eine intersektionale Diskursanalyse<\/span><\/strong> [Diversity in Media Coverage and the Social Consequences of Artificial Intelligence. An Intersectional Discourse Analysis]<\/p>\n<p>You can access the entire issue <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nomos-elibrary.de\/de\/10.5771\/1615-634X-2025-2\/m-k-medien-kommunikationswissenschaft-jahrgang-73-2025-heft-3\">here<\/a>. Short English abstracts are available for the German-language articles.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":681,"template":"","tags":[],"class_list":["post-6416","hbi-publications","type-hbi-publications","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.2 (Yoast SEO v27.4) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Diversity, Intersectionality, and Gender in Journalism - Leibniz Institut f\u00fcr Medienforschung | Leibniz Institute for Media Research<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/leibniz-hbi.de\/en\/hbi-publications\/diversity-intersectionality-and-gender-in-journalism\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Diversity, Intersectionality, and Gender in Journalism\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The third issue of M&amp;K in 2025 is a special edition on &#8220;Diversity, Intersectionality, and Gender in Journalism,&#8221; edited by Margreth L\u00fcnenborg, Ana-Nzinga Wei\u00df, Yener Bayramo\u011flu, and Bernadette Uth. 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