Representations of Women in the Media

In 2008 the Bristol Feminist Network joined forces with the Bristol Fawcett Society to conduct the research project: Representations of Women in the Media.

The Representations of Women in the Media project (“Reps” to its friends) is a grassroots volunteer-led research project which investigates how women are represented, misrepresented and not represented at all in the media. 

The project is interested in women’s and girls’ experiences of the media and encourages creative, accessible presentations of the evidence.The project brainstorms ideas to challenge and question these images and think through how positive respresentations might look.

Reps has gone from strength to stregth, has been cited in the national press, endorsed by the National Union of Journalists and findings requested bythe Home Office. The project now has it's own website: www.rowitm.org please visit for more details and to get involved or contact women_inthemedia@yahoo.co.uk