Journal of Italian Cinema & Media Studies is an English-language forum for theoretical, methodological and critical debate on Italian film and media production, reception and consumption. It provides a platform for dialogue between academics, filmmakers, cinema and media professionals.

This issue is dedicated to “Gender Issues: Trajectories of Change in the Italian Mediascape”. Articles include Femmes fatales, saints, empowered women: Female biopics in Italian public television by Milly Buonanno, Sexualized female confidence: A new gender display in over 50 years of Italian fashion advertisements by Paola Panarese and Women scientists in Italian media in times of coronavirus: Between low recognition and success as experts by Saveria Capecchi.