Introduction

Abstract

The collection of nine selected papers for this Essachess – Journal for Communication special issue on Gender, religion and media: emerging themes and perspectives respond with in-depth analysis to the challenges that emerge from the research opportunities. Although there has been a predominance of submissions on themes around women or the feminine (which is often observed in the most diverse publications on the subject), there are selected papers on LBGTI + and masculinities which highlights the importance of academic attention to these research objects.