Media and Masculinities: Adolescents’ Experiences of Gendered Media Discourses
Media and Masculinities: Adolescents’ Experiences of Gendered Media Discourses
Name of applicant
Pia Majbritt Jensen Azzolini
Title
Associate Professor
Institution
Aarhus University
Amount
DKK 80,000
Year
2026
Type of grant
Field Trips / Research Stays < 100,000
Summary
Media and Masculinities examines how teenage boys in Denmark, Australia, and Italy engage with gendered media discourses across films, series, news, and social media. The project explores how global media flows interact with local cultures as boys negotiate masculinity, identity, and belonging in an increasingly fragmented and polarised media landscape.