Man, Yu Ching. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2007. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 135-144). / Abstracts in English and Chinese. / ABSTRACT (English version) --- p.i / ABSTRACT (Chinese version) --- p.iii / ACKNOWLEDGEMENT --- p.iv / TABLE OF CONTENTS --- p.v / LIST OF TABLES --- p.iii / LIST OF FIGURES --- p.ix / Chapter 1. --- INTRODUCTION --- p.1 / Chapter 2. --- BACKGROUND --- p.3 / Chapter 2.1 --- Social and Historical Context --- p.3 / Chapter 2.2 --- News Industry in Hong Kong --- p.7 / Chapter 2.3 --- Female journalists in Hong Kong Journalism Field --- p.9 / Chapter 3. --- THEORETICAL CONTEXT --- p.14 / Chapter 3.1 --- Relationship between Patriarchy and Capitalism --- p.14 / Chapter 3.2 --- Studies on Gender in Organisations --- p.17 / Chapter 3.3 --- Studies on Gender Inequality in Organisational Structure --- p.21 / Chapter 3.4 --- An Overview of Female Journalists in News Organisations --- p.23 / Chapter 3.5 --- Studies on Gender and News Production --- p.26 / Chapter 4. --- ANALYTICAL FRAMEWORK --- p.29 / Chapter 4.1 --- Empowerment --- p.29 / Chapter 4.1.1 --- Definitions of empowerment --- p.29 / Chapter 4.1.2 --- Feminist notion of empowerment --- p.31 / Chapter 4.1.3 --- Dimensions of empowerment --- p.33 / Chapter 4.1.4 --- Empowerment in this research --- p.34 / Chapter 4.2 --- Longwe's Empowerment Model --- p.35 / Chapter 4.2.1 --- Gender-analysis model --- p.35 / Chapter 4.2.2 --- Levels of equality in Longwe's empowerment model --- p.38 / Chapter 4.3 --- News Organisation Analysis --- p.41 / Chapter 4.3.1 --- Development of news organisation analysis --- p.42 / Chapter 4.3.2 --- Three Levels of organisation analysis --- p.43 / Chapter 5. --- RESEARCH QUESTIONS --- p.48 / Chapter 6. --- RESEARCH DESIGN & METHODOLOGY --- p.50 / Chapter 6.1 --- Methodology --- p.50 / Chapter 6.2 --- Sampling Methods --- p.50 / Chapter 6.3 --- Interviews --- p.51 / Chapter 6.4 --- Interviewees --- p.54 / Chapter 7. --- ANALYSIS & DISCUSSION I --- p.59 / Chapter 7.1 --- Fair Opportunities to Get Welfare and Benefits --- p.61 / Chapter 7.2 --- Equal Access to Training --- p.64 / Chapter 7.3 --- Contradictory Empowerment Experience in Conscientisation Process --- p.67 / Chapter 7.4 --- Limited Power in Decision-making Process --- p.79 / Chapter 7.5 --- Balance of Power Yet to Come at Control Level --- p.86 / Chapter 8. --- ANALYSIS & DISCUSSION II --- p.89 / Chapter 8.1 --- Macro-level (Social Environment) --- p.90 / Chapter 8.2 --- Meso-level (Organisation) --- p.94 / Chapter 8.2.1 --- Ecology of news industry in Hong Kong --- p.94 / Chapter 8.2.2 --- Pre-dominance of macho newsroom culture --- p.101 / Chapter 8.2.3 --- Hierarchal and patriarchal structure in newsrooms --- p.106 / Chapter 8.2.4 --- Fundamental nature of journalists' work --- p.109 / Chapter 8.2.5 --- Electronic vs. print media --- p.111 / Chapter 8.3 --- Micro-level (Individual) --- p.120 / Chapter 8.3.1 --- Perceptions towards traditional role of women --- p.120 / Chapter 8.3.2 --- Gender awareness --- p.123 / Chapter 9. --- CONCLUSION --- p.126 / Chapter 10. --- REFERENCES --- p.135 / Chapter 11. --- APPENDICES --- p.145 / Appendix 1 Manpower statistics at managerial/supervisory/production level of the journalism industry in Hong Kong from 1981 to 2001 --- p.145 / Appendix 2 Interview questions --- p.150 / Appendix 3 Chinese translation of the interview questions --- p.153