#MeToo e loro pure (forse). Dalla copertura giornalistica degli scandali sessuali alle policies di genere adottate dai media italiani

This essay maps the tools and policies in the field of gender and the media recently adopted by Italian media outlets. Because of the double nature of media, systems of representation on the one hand and professional organisations on the other, gender inequalities are likely to affect both the symbolic and the material dimensions, both media contents and the professional relations within media industries. In particular, our focus is on the initiatives undertaken in order to combat gender violence in media representations as well as in media as workplaces. We will illustrate such initiatives by using the fil rouge of the sexual scandals brought to light by the publication, in October 2017, of journalist investigations on the sexual assaults perpetrated by US producer Harvey Weinstein.