Genere e media. Scenari in movimento

This article reconstructs an overview of the recent and lively debate on Gender and Media Studies with reference to the Anglo-American and Italian contexts. The first part examines the main interpretative categories that have guided the analysis of the gender-media dyad, focusing on the new dimensions of both the concepts of gender and media, the intersectional approach, the relationship between feminism and postfeminism. The second part presents the articles selected for this special is-sue, which offer an interesting overview of studies and reflections ranging from digital environments to mainstream media and include contributions on little ex-plored topics - at least in the Italian context - such as audiences and professions in the cultural industries.