Table of Contents Preface Part I Women, Men, and News Consumption Chapter 1: Trouble in the News Media Landscape-Paula Poindexter Chapter 2: Factors Contributing to the Sex Divide in Newspapers and Television News-Paula Poindexter Chapter 3: When Women Ignore the News-Paula Poindexter Chapter 4: IM, Downloading, Facebook, and Teen Magazines: Gateways or Barriers to News?-Paula Poindexter Part II Women in the News; Women in the Newsroom Chapter 5: Finding Women in the Newsroom and in the News - Paula Poindexter Chapter 6: The Softer Side of News -Paula Poindexter and Dustin Harp Part III Women, Technology, and News Chapter 7: Women and Technology: How Socialization Created a Gender Gap-Sharon Meraz Chapter 8: Online News: Factors Influencing the Divide Between Women and Men- Amy Schmitz Weiss Chapter 9: The Blogosphere’s Gender Gap: Differences in Visibility, Popularity, and Authority -Sharon Meraz Part IV Perspectives On Young Adults Chapter 10: Reaching Young Adults Begins with Change -Amy Zerba Women Worldwide Chapter 11: Women and the News: Europe, Egypt and the Middle East, and Africa- Jackie Harrison and Karen Sanders, Christiana Holtz-Bacha, Raquel Rodriguez Díaz, Serra Görpe, Salma Ghanem, and Chioma Ugochukwu Chapter 12: Women and the News: India and Asia – Smeeta Mishra, Xin (Sophie) Chen, Yi-ning Katherine Chen, and Kyung-Hee Kim Chapter 13: Women and the News: Latin America and the Caribbean - Vanessa de M. Higgins, Teresa Correra, Maria Flores, and Sharon Meraz Feminists on the News Chapter 14: News, Feminist Theories, and the Gender Divide-Dustin Harp Chapter 15: Critiquing Journalism: A 21st Century Feminist Perspective - Linda Steiner On Women, Race, Ethnicity, and News Chapter 16: Color and Content: Why the News Doesn’t Mirror Society -Lorraine Branham Chapter 17: Coverage of Latinos in the News Media: We’re Not There Yet -Maggie Rivas Rodriguez A Blueprint for the News Media Landscape of the Future Chapter 18: Strengthening the News Connection with Women and Cultivating the Next Generation-Paula Poindexter, Sharon Meraz, and Amy Schmitz Weiss