Karen Ross PhD is Professor of Gender and Media, Newcastle University, UK. Her teaching and research are focused on the inter-relationships between gender and representation, and especially the gendered aspects of political communication. She has published numerous papers and books on these topics including Gender, Politics and News (2017, Wiley-Blackwell); Gender Equality and the Media: A Challenge for Europe (edited w Claudia Padovani, 2016, Routledge/ECREA); and A Handbook of Gender, Sex and Media (2012, Wiley), She is currently principal investigator on an EU-funded project on Advancing Gender Equality in the Media (207-2019) and is working with colleagues in the UK and New Zealand on the gendered dimensions of politicians’ Twitter behaviour during general election campaigns.