This book attempts to bridge the gap in interdisciplinary academic knowledge by offering a critical and practical understanding of gender and sexual minority representation in media and communication. Divided into two sections, the first explores «Women, Media, and Discourse», while the second focuses on the «LGBTQIA+ Community and Media Representation». Grounded in contemporary and relevant scholarship, the book examines theories and practices across digital and social media, cinema, streaming platforms, television, newspapers, and online forums. It presents critical discourse through real-life cases, issue-based analyses, grassroots initiatives, digital campaigns, social media activism, and success stories of individuals driving social change. Featuring contributions from both eminent and emerging scholars in the social sciences, this book is a must-read for anyone seeking a nuanced, interdisciplinary perspective on media, marginality, gender, and sexual minorities.
Contents: V. Vijay Kumar & Jyoti Ranjan Sahoo: Marginalized Voices:
Women and LGBTQIA+ Community on the Silver Screen A Reflective Introduction
Sanju Kumawat: Women Empowerment: Social Media The Game Changer!
Sananda Sen: Khabar Lahariya: Dalit Womens Revolutionary Media Debastuti
Dasgupta & Soumyadeep Sarkar: New Media in Representing Marginalized Women:
An Analysis Tanushri Mukherjee & Saad Ullah Khan: Portrayal of Marginalized
Women in Digital Media Narratives Akil Sukumar & Shourini Banerjee:
Amplifying the Unheard: Women Shaping Media Agendas in the Developing World
Anutharsi Gabilan: LGBTQIA+ Community and Social Media: Evidence from Sri
Lanka Ranu Tomar & Shanu Gupta: Transcending Stereotypes: Indian Web Series
Asserting LGBTQIA+ Identity Dibyendu Ganguli: Representation of the
LGBTQIA+ Community in Mainstream Media Floribert Patrick C. Endong:
Homophobic Media Laws and the (In)visibility of LGBTQIA+ in Cameroonian and
Nigerian Films Vineet Kumar: The Portrayal of LGBTQIA+ in Indian Cinema:
Misconception, Reality, and Future.
V. Vijay Kumar is an Associate Professor and Dean of the School of Communications at XIM University, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India. With over two decades of experience spanning academia and industry, he is a seasoned mass communication professional and media educator. His sixteen years of industry experience include expertise in audio-visual content development, supervision, and management. An active researcher, he has published extensively in reputed academic journals, contributing to the field of media, communication and leisure studies.
Jyoti Ranjan Sahoo is an Assistant Professor at the School of Communications, XIM University, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India. He has over sixteen years of teaching, research and industry experience and has published eighteen research articles in international journals on various issues of media and communication. He presented fifteen research papers at conferences in India and abroad.
