Deliberation as pedagogy: gender, intersectionality, and journalism Education in India

Journalism education and pedagogy are oftentimes driven by dominant global and national/regional ideological forces that operate along economic and identarian lines, which in turn shape the media industries. This includes neoliberal agendas, as well as hyper- and ethno-nationalist ideologies that capture them. Reflecting inequalities inherent to societies, these industries are rife with gender inequities that are compounded along intersectional lines, with multiple marginalities playing out in journalism practice. This chapter draws attention to the need to unearth oft-neglected pedagogical practices of deliberation that go into building a nuanced and sustainable gender-sensitive journalism education. Deliberation, as an act of communication, brings to the fore inherent capacities and competencies and contributes toward the building of criticality, civility, and publicness, by underscoring democratic ethos. Toward this end, the chapter presents an understanding of gender inequities in the media industries, deliberative pedagogy, and practices, and journalism education can be a gender-sensitive creative-ethical journey for the student-practitioner.