Media and Marginalized Voices

Media and Marginalized Voices Women and LGBTQIA+ Community

Edited by V. Vijay Kumar and Jyoti Ranjan Sahoo

Foreword by Sundeep R. Muppidi

Chennai - Berlin - Bruxelles - Lausanne - New York - Oxford

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Names: Sahoo, Jyoti Ranjan, 1978- editor. | Kumar, V. Vijay, 1980- editor.

Title: Media and marginalized voices : women and LGBTQIA+ community / Jyoti Ranjan Sahoo, V. Vijay Kumar, [editors].

Description: Oxford ; New York : Peter Lang, 2025. | Includes bibliographical references and index.

Identifiers: LCCN 2024059951 (print) | LCCN 2024059952 (ebook) | ISBN 9781803747576 (paperback) | ISBN 9781803747583 (ebook) | ISBN 9781803747590 (epub)

Subjects: LCSH: Sexual minorities in mass media. | Women in mass media. | Marginality, Social. | Sexual minorities–Social conditions–21st century.

Classification: LCC P96.S58 M425 2025 (print) | LCC P96.S58 (ebook) | DDC 306.76/6–dc23/eng/20250127

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ISBN 978-1-80374-757-6 (print)

ISBN 978-1-80374-758-3 (ePDF)

ISBN 978-1-80374-759-0 (ePub)

DOI 10.3726/b22340

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About the editors

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 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.

About the book

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, issuebased 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.

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To all the women and members of the LGBTQIA+ community;

the individuals and organizations who fight for inclusiveness, social justice, equal rights and an equitable environment;

the forerunners and change-makers;

the people who stand against discrimination in all its forms;

and for those who continue to make the world where every person is valued and respected for who they are.