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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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