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.

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