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ANALYSIS of NEWSPAPERS
PRESENTED BY: KARUNYA VINUKONDA
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Introduction
Media is the buzzword of the era of globalisation It reflects
Lifestyles
Socialisation patterns
Political
Educational standards
Societal hierarchy and images
Hence, newspapers- a form of media
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MAJOR AREA OF CONCERN
DEPICTION OF WOMEN IN THE MEDIA-NEWSPAPERS.
Gender of the person writing the news
Gender of the person being written about
Examination of photographs
Categorisation of the subject
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CATEGORIES
Expert
Victim
Family member Perpetrator/ aggressor
Celebrity
Other
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FINDINGS
Front page: importance 90% of front page bylines were by males.
Menmost likely to write about sports and
business
Women are more likely to write about showbiz
and national issues
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FINDINGS
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FINDINGS
According to a study, Seen but not heard: Howwomen make front page news by Jane
Martinson, UK
Women: Men:
61%- experts 82% - experts
19% - victims 2%- victims
11%- celebrities 5%- celebrities
5%- family members 4%- family members
4%- aggressors 6%- aggressors
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FINDINGS
Social issues related to women got less than 9%while sensational stories relating to women
mostly crime stories got between 52 to 63% in
the newspapers [ Nitin Jugran Bahuguna]
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FINDINGS
Womens issues are accounted for little over twopercentfrom a study conducted on four main
dailies in India
Newspapers have sections for females where
the reader is left only with the option of readingsome personal gynaecological problems of
married women or personal love hick- ups of
young girls.
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FINDINGS
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PHOTOGRAPHS
Indecent ads Fashion
Sports
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THOUGHT-PROVOKING
Research STUDY BY Khokan Kumar Bag andPiyal Basu Roy on Some Basic Observation on
Contradictory Representation of Women in
Indian Perspectives
Reasons for objectionable representation ofwomen are stated as:
Poverty, Hobby, Globalisation, Betterment of
Living, Consumerism and External causes. They tried to correlate this indecent
representation to the increasing number of
crimes on women in India.
Blame game?
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IRONIC!
Even dead women cant catch a break;obituaries are also male-heavy
24% of the obituaries are only of women while
the remaining are of men!
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CONCLUSION
Turn media into an effective tool for promotingconstructive change.
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CONCLUSION
Representation of women as achievers atmultiple levels is needed.
Government acts should be properly and strictly
implemented.
Cultural movement is required.
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REFERENCES
Depiction of women in Indian media- Dr. Sanjeev K.Sharma
Some Basic Observation on Contradictory Representation of
Women in Indian Perspectives by Khokan Kumar Bag and Piyal
Basu Roy
A Health scare in Mass media by the Lancet , Volume 359, Number9312
Girl health, girl power: Representations of Girl Health issues in
contemporary mass media and the effect of the media on girls
health behaviours by Philantha Sue-Hwa Kon
Report of the Womens Media Center [WMC]
Seen but not Heard: How women make front page news by Jane
Martinson
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