Gendered voices on the airwaves: The sonic self in discourses about identity articulated by radio students in Spain

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5209/infe.80319
Keywords: voice, radio, gender, power, identity, education
Agencies: This work was supported by the Ministry of the Economy, Industry and Competitiveness of Spain under the I D Project (FEM2017-83302-C3-3-P) Cultural Produsage in social networks: industry, popular consumption and audiovisual literacy of Spanish youth with a gender perspective.

Abstract

Introduction and Objectives. This article explores the interaction between voice and gender relations in the context of radio broadcasting education. The research speaks to the gender inequalities that are increasingly being questioned, especially by younger generations. Methodology. We have employed Critical Discourse Analysis in a corpus of twenty texts elaborated by the students of Radio National de España’s Master’s Degree. They were asked to write a reflection on their personal experiences with voice, drawing connections to their gender identities. Results and Conclusions. The results show a previous knowledge and acceptance of gender theories, their relationship with radio dogmas, and their resistance and creativity in the face of voice normalization.

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Irene Blanco-Fuente, Universidad Complutense de Madrid

Irene Blanco Fuente is a predoctoral researcher of the Sociology: Methodology and Theory Department. She is doing a research about the voice as an identity marker in the PhD Program in Gender and Feminist Studies at the Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM). 

Asunción Bernárdez-Rodal, Universidad Complutense de Madrid

Asunción Bernárdez Rodal is full professor and ex-director of the Feminist Research Institute of the Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM). She is a professor of gender and communication, the semiotics of mass media and information theory. She is current leader of the I+D Excellence Project titled ‘Cultural Produsage in social networks: Industry, popular consumption and audio-visual literacy of Spanish youth with gender perspective’.

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Published
2022-06-15
How to Cite
Blanco-Fuente I. y Bernárdez-Rodal A. (2022). Gendered voices on the airwaves: The sonic self in discourses about identity articulated by radio students in Spain. Investigaciones Feministas (Feminist Research), 13(1), 401-410. https://doi.org/10.5209/infe.80319
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Vol. 13 No. 1 (2022): Monograph: Challenges of the Covid era from a feminist perspective
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