A Study on Portrayal of Women in Regional Leading Newspaper
Journal Title: Journal of Advanced Research in Journalism & Mass Communication - Year 2018, Vol 5, Issue 4
Abstract
The print media serves as the watchdog of society. It has social responsibility to mirror and guide the process of social change. Positive portrayal of women in Media is necessary to maintain the real dignity and status of women. It will minimize the gap and inequality between men and women. Portrait of women in news coverage will definitely sets an impact on individual about the image of women. The constant and continuous accusation on print media is gender bias and failing to reflect the social problems faced by women. The women activist blames print media to portray women as commodity, sex objects, or as victims. In this analysis, we study about the portrait of women in a leading newspaper by content Analysis.
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N Aruna
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- EP ID EP408620
- DOI 10.24321/2395.3810.201816
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