Annenberg Conversations on Gender: "Gender and Communication" Sarah Banet-Weiser & Francesca Sobande

Описание: In this conversation, Francesca Sobande (Lecturer in Digital Media Studies and Director of the B.A. Media, Journalism and Culture programme at Cardiff University in Wales) and Sarah Banet-Weiser (a Professor at both the Annenberg School for Communication at the University of Pennsylvania and the Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism at the University of Southern California) discussed the ways in which feminism and intersectional politics are expressed, practiced and contested on digital platforms. Drawing on insights from her recent book, The Digital Lives of Black Women in Britain, Sobande discussed (among other things) the ways in which Black women in Britain use digital media to challenge media marginalization. Banet-Weiser and Sobande also discussed both the limitations and the openings for feminism and intersectional politics on digital media. Finally, they discussed how feminism and intersectional politics have been harnessed and de-politicized by corporate media campaigns, focusing on “fem-vertising” and “woke-washing” as two corporate strategies that work to incorporate, but not actually address, “diversity” in their communication.

This virtual event took place on Friday, November 5, 2021.

The Annenberg Conversations series at the University of Pennsylvania's Annenberg School for Communication engage Communication research and scholarship on topical issues together with a wide variety of individuals outside of Annenberg — including academics, activists, artists, and many others. During the 2021-22 academic year, the topic is gender.