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    Time for a change: women, work, and gender equality in TV production

    Milner, Susan and Gregory, Abigail ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4373-9505 (2022) Time for a change: women, work, and gender equality in TV production. Media, Culture & Society, 44 (2). pp. 286-302. ISSN 0163-4437

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    Abstract

    This article uses Acker’s concept of inequality regimes to analyze qualitative research findings on work-life balance and gender equality for women in British television production. Female survey respondents, focus group participants, and interviewees spoke of their subjective experience of gendered work practices which disadvantage women as women. These findings build on existing research showing gender disadvantage in the industry, leading to loss of human capital and a narrowing of the range of creative experience. They also show that growing numbers of women are seeking alternative modes of production, at a time of increased awareness of inequality. Such alternatives suggest that change is possible, although it is strongly constrained by organizational logics and subject to continued resistance, in line with Acker’s framework of analysis. Visibility of inequalities is the key to supporting change.

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