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Cynthia Carter (born 30 January 1959)^[1] is a Reader in the School of Journalism, Media and Culture, Cardiff University, and co-founding editor of the journal Feminist Media Studies.^[2]

She has been the guest editor of a special "Gendered News" issue of Journalism: Theory, Practice and Criticism,^[3] and, along with Stephanie Hemelryk Donald, she was co-guest editor of a special "Children, Media and Conflict" issue of the Journal of Children and Media.^[4]

Carter was the chair of the Feminist Scholarship Division of the International Communication Association between 2003 and 2005.^[5]

• Carter, Cynthia; Branston, Gill; Allan, Stuart (1998). News, gender, and power. London New York: Routledge. ISBN 9780415170161.
• Carter, Cynthia; Adam, Barbara E.; Allan, Stuart (2000). Environmental risks and the media. London New York: Routledge. ISBN 978-0415214476.
• Carter, Cynthia; Weaver, C. Kay (2003). Violence and the media. Buckingham, England Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Open University Press. ISBN 9780335205059.
• Carter, Cynthia; Steiner, Linda (2004). Critical readings: media and gender. Maidenhead: Open University Press. ISBN 9780335210978.
• Carter, Cynthia; Weaver, C. Kay (2006). Critical readings: violence and the media. Maidenhead, England New York: Open University Press. ISBN 9780335218059.
• Carter, Cynthia; McLaughlin, Lisa (2013). Current perspectives in feminist media studies. London New York: Routledge. ISBN 9780415540117.
• Carter, Cynthia; Steiner, Linda; McLaughlin, Lisa (2015). The Routledge companion to media & gender. London New York: Routledge. ISBN 9781138849129.
• Allan, Stuart; Carter, Cynthia; Cushion, Stephen; Dencik, Lina; Garcia-Blanco, Inaki; Harris, Janet; Sambrook, Richard; Williams, Andy; Wahl-Jorgensen, Karin (2018). The future of journalism: risks, threats and opportunities. London New York: Routledge. ISBN 9781138616493.

• Carter, Cynthia (2006), "The transformative power of cultural criticism: bell hooks' radical media analysis", in Berry, David; Theobald, John (eds.), Radical mass media criticism: a cultural genealogy, Montreal New York: Black Rose Books, pp. 212–233, ISBN 9781551642468. Pdf.
• Carter, Cynthia; Mendes, Kaitlynn (2008), "Feminist and gender studies", in Donsbach, Wolfgang (ed.), The international encyclopedia of communication, Volume IV: digital imagery – fictional media content, Malden, Massachusetts: Blackwell Publishers, ISBN 9781405131995.
• Carter, Cynthia; Zayyan, Heba (2009), "Human rights and wrongs: blogging news of everyday life in Palestine", in Allan, Stuart; Thorsen, Einar (eds.), Volume 1: Citizen journalism: global perspectives, Global Crises and the Media, New York: Peter Lang, pp. 85–94, ISBN 9781433102950. Pdf.
• Carter, Cynthia; Allan, Stuart (2009), "The visual culture of television news", in Howells, Richard; Matson, Robert (eds.), Using visual evidence, Maidenhead, UK: Open University Press/McGraw-Hill, pp. 139–152, ISBN 9780335228645.
• Carter, Cynthia; Allan, Stuart; Thorsen, Einar (2010), "Citizenship and public service: the case of BBC news online", in Tunney, Sean; Monaghan, Garrett (eds.), Web journalism: a new form of citizenship?, Eastbourne Portland, Oregon: Sussex Academic Press, pp. 116–125, ISBN 9781845192792.
• Carter, Cynthia; Messenger Davies, Máire; Mendes, Kaitlynn (2012), "Young citizens and the news", in Allan, Stuart (ed.), The Routledge companion to news and journalism, London New York: Routledge, pp. 450–459, ISBN 9780415669535.
• Carter, Cynthia (2012), "Sex/gender and the media: from sex roles to social construction and beyond", in Ross, Karen (ed.), The handbook of gender, sex, and media, Handbooks in Communication and Media, Malden: Wiley-Blackwell, pp. 365–382, ISBN 9781444338546. Pdf.
• Carter, Cynthia (2013), "Children and news: rethinking citizenship in the twenty-first century", in Lemish, Dafna (ed.), The Routledge international handbook of children, adolescents and media, London New York: Routledge, pp. 255–262, ISBN 9780415783682.
• Carter, Cynthia (2014), "News media and child well-being", in Ben-Arieh, Asher; Casas, Ferran; Frones, Ivar; Korbin, Jill E. (eds.), Handbook of child well-being: theories, methods and policies in global perspective, Netherlands: Springer, pp. 1979–2011, ISBN 9789048190621.
• Carter, Cynthia; Messenger Davies, Máire; Allan, Stuart; Mendes, Kaitlynn (2014), "News, children and citizenship: user-generated content and the BBC's Newsround website", in Popple, Simon; Thornham, Helen (eds.), Content cultures: transformations of user generated content in public service broadcasting, London New York: I.B. Tauris, pp. 15–40, ISBN 9781780765136.
• Carter, Cynthia (2014), "Online popular anti-sexism political action in the UK and USA: the importance of collaborative anger for social change", in Carter, Cynthia; Steiner, Linda; McLaughlin, Lisa (eds.), The Routledge companion to media & gender, London New York: Routledge, pp. 643–653, ISBN 9781138849129.
• Carter, Cynthia (2017), "The role of news media in fostering children's democratic citizenship", in Waisbord, Silvio; Tumber, Howard (eds.), Routledge companion to media and human rights, London New York: Routledge, pp. 416–425, ISBN 9781138665545.

• Carter, Cynthia; McLaughlin, Lisa (2001). "Editors' introduction". Feminist Media Studies. 1 (1): 5–10. doi:10.1080/14680770120042765. S2CID 216643910.
• Carter, Cynthia; McLaughlin, Lisa (2003). "Locating gender". Feminist Media Studies. 3 (1): 5–10. doi:10.1080/1468077032000080095. S2CID 216643677.
• Carter, Cynthia; Ross, Karen (2004). "A woman's place? Gender and culture in higher education". Knowledge, Work and Society/Savoir, Travail et Société. 2 (3): 95–115.
• Carter, Cynthia; Allan, Stuart (2005). "Public service and the market: a case study of the BBC's Newsround website". Intervention Research. 1 (2): 209–225.
• Carter, Cynthia (August 2005). "Gendered news?". Journalism: Theory, Practice & Criticism. 6 (3): 259–263. doi:10.1177/1464884905054060. S2CID 220900556.
• Carter, Cynthia; Donald, Stephanie Hemelryk (2008). "Editors' introduction: children, media and conflict". Journal of Children and Media. 2 (3): 197–199. doi:10.1080/17482790802327350. S2CID 142662415.
• Carter, Cynthia (January 2009) [2008]. "Growing up corporate: news, citizenship, and young people today". Television & New Media. 10 (1): 34–36. doi:10.1177/1527476408325733. S2CID 144045243.
• Carter, Cynthia; et al. (2008). "Gender in children's television worldwide". TelevIZIon 21. 21.
• Carter, Cynthia; Donald, Stephanie Hemelryk (2008). "Editors' introduction: children, media and conflict". Journal of Children and Media. 2 (3): 197–199. doi:10.1080/17482790802327350. S2CID 142662415.
• Carter, Cynthia; Mendes, Kaitlynn (November 2008). "Feminist and gender media studies: a critical overview". Sociology Compass. 2 (6): 1701–1718. doi:10.1111/j.1751-9020.2008.00158.x.
• Carter, Cynthia; et al. (2010). "Evidence into practice: evaluating a child-centred intervention for diabetes medicine management The EPIC Project". BMC Pediatrics. 10 (70): 1471–2431. doi:10.1186/1471-2431-10-70. PMC 2955672. PMID 20875112.
• Carter, Cynthia; McLaughlin, Lisa (2011). "Editors' introduction: the tenth anniversary issue of Feminist Media Studies". Feminist Media Studies. 11 (1): 1–5. doi:10.1080/14680777.2011.540803. S2CID 146719614.
• Carter, Cynthia; Ross, Karen (November 2011). "Women and news: A long and winding road". Media, Culture & Society. 33 (8): 1148–1165. doi:10.1177/0163443711418272. S2CID 144205131.
• Carter, Cynthia; et al. (March 2014). "Developing and evaluating a child-centred intervention for diabetes medicine management using mixed methods and a multicentre randomised controlled trial". Health Services and Delivery Research. 2 (8): 1–441. doi:10.3310/hsdr02080. PMID 25642573.
• Jia, Sen; Lansdall-Welfare, Thomas; Sudhahar, Saatviga; Carter, Cynthia; Christianini, Nello (2016). "Women are seen more than heard in online newspapers". PLOS ONE. 11 (2): e0148434. Bibcode:2016PLoSO..1148434J. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0148434. PMC 4740422. PMID 26840432.url = https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0148434
• Ross, Karen; Boyle, Karen; Carter, Cynthia; Ging, Debbie (2016). "Women, men and news: 'it's life Jim, but not as we know it'". Journalism Studies. 19 (6): 824–845. doi:10.1080/1461670X.2016.1222884. hdl:1893/24401. S2CID 151305223.

• Linda Steiner

• Profile page: Cynthia Carter Cardiff School of Journalism, Media and Cultural Studies, Cardiff University.