Social change and the media : images of women in selected humor content

1980 ◽  
Author(s):  
Barbara Chapman
Keyword(s):  
Social Change ◽  
Media Images ◽  
The Media ◽  
Images Of Women

scholarly journals Arab Women and the Media

1970 ◽  
pp. 10
Author(s):  
Samira Aghacy
Keyword(s):  
Arab Women ◽  
Contemporary Society ◽  
Sexual Roles ◽  
The Media ◽  
Women's Role ◽  
Traditional Roles ◽  
Images Of Women

Despite changes emerging in contemporary society regarding women's role and contributions, the images of women represented in the media have not reflected these changes sufficiently enough. Women have generally been presented within the restrictive mold of domesticity and subservience reinforcing traditional roles andbehaviors where a woman is defined in relation to men who see her within the framework of marital, maternal and sexual roles.

scholarly journals Introduction: Communications Teaching and Research--Looking Forward from 2000

2000 ◽  
Vol 25 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Rowland Lorimer
Keyword(s):  
Social Change ◽  
Research And Development ◽  
Professional Training ◽  
Research Strategy ◽  
The State ◽  
Complex Media ◽  
Strategic Action ◽  
Media Environment ◽  
Teaching And Research ◽  
The Media

Abstract: This introductory essay examines the state of Canadian communications scholarship. It maintains that the dominant stance taken by Canadian communications scholars is rooted in a leftist critique of the media that has become both detached from the media and disengaged from informed strategic action. In the context of a complex media environment, the paper argues for a refocusing on communication itself, an embrace of professional training, and, in the context of technological and social change, a research strategy based on research and development. Résumé: Cet article d'introduction examine l'état de la recherche en communication au Canada. Il soutient que le parti-pris prédominant de chercheurs canadiens en communication se fonde sur une critique gauchiste des médias qui au fil du temps s'est détachée à la fois des médias et d'actions stratégiques averties. Tenant compte de la complexité de l'environnement médiatique actuel, cet article appuie un retour à des approches portant sur la communication elle-même, une mise en valeur de l'entraînement professionnel et, dans le contexte de changements technologiques et sociaux, une stratégie de recherche fondée sur recherche et développement.

Desperate Housewives and Soccer Moms: Examining the relationship between media representations and the lived reality of women in the suburbs

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jessica White
Keyword(s):  
Real Life ◽  
Media Representations ◽  
Media Images ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Political Processes ◽  
Original Question ◽  
The Media ◽  
Post War ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Historical Examination

Has suburbia ever truly met the needs of the populations it claims to serve? Since its creation suburbia has been a centre of conflict between the image created by the media and lived realities. The post war images of femininity in the suburbs were ones of domesticity and a heteronormative family. In essence the “sitcom” family was created and reality was made to look like its television counterpart. Yet in real life, did any family look like that of Leave it to Beaver? Have our ideals of the perfect family living in the perfect house truly changed? If they have changed have they had an effect on policy makers and land developers? A brief historical examination of suburbia, its creation, and media images will be contrasted with the developments and policies we find in today’s suburbia. To partially answer my original question the demographic of women in suburbia, more specifically mothers will be discussed. Are today’s media images of suburbia a better depiction of lived realities or are urban political processes still at play to perpetuate an ideal image?

Media Images of Islamophobia on Cable News Network (CNN) and Implications for International Relations

2021 ◽  
pp. 808-825
Author(s):  
Jeffrey Kurebwa ◽  
Prosper Muchakabarwa
Keyword(s):  
International Relations ◽  
Qualitative Methodology ◽  
Media Images ◽  
Cable News ◽  
Religious Intolerance ◽  
Islamic Religion ◽  
Human Perceptions ◽  
The Media ◽  
Laws And Policies ◽  
Cable News Network

This study focuses on media images of islamophobia as portrayed by Cable News Network (CNN) and its implications for international relations. The study employed qualitative methodology. Data was collected using key informant interviews, while documentary search was done using CNN current affairs videos. The study findings indicated that the media has the power to influence human perceptions towards stereotyping Islam as a terrorist organisation and conflating the Islamic religion and the Muslim culture with terrorism. The study also found out that islamophobia really has a relationship with how Muslims are represented in the media. The study recommends that media houses should have media ethics, laws and policies which force journalists to be more accountable and objective when reporting issues of religion, race and culture as a way of eliminating offensive communication and religious intolerance.

Documenting Social Change and Political Unrest through Mobile Spaces and Locative Media

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Angela Krewani
Keyword(s):  
Social Change ◽  
Digital Media ◽  
Media Coverage ◽  
Print Media ◽  
Digital Platforms ◽  
Locative Media ◽  
Political Unrest ◽  
The Media ◽  
The Arab Spring

In this chapter, I explore the media coverage of the Arab Spring and the reactions of Western media communities. Focusing on interactive documentaries and websites, this chapter clearly demonstrates to what extent media bring about individualized coverage to major events. Digital media especially have merged with cartographic competencies to provide topical information. Compared to the informational range of classic print media and television, these digital platforms and digitally distributed art forms create new and interactive forms of media participation.

scholarly journals Researching media participation by listening to people with disability

2019 ◽  
Vol 42 (6) ◽  
pp. 969-986
Author(s):  
Kim Stewart ◽  
Christina Spurgeon
Keyword(s):  
Social Change ◽  
Necessary Condition ◽  
Media Institutions ◽  
People With Disability ◽  
Australian Community ◽  
Australian Case ◽  
The Media ◽  
Presence Of People

A significant body of literature examines the under-representation of people with disability in the media. In news and fictional portrayals, people with disability are often defined by disability first, their personhood second, perpetuating stereotypes of people with disability as different. Activists attempt to change how media portray people with disability. Less well-considered are the challenges of media participation. This article argues that the presence of people with disability in the spaces that comprise media institutions is also a necessary condition for social change, not just improved representation and participation. However, even in Australian community broadcasting, a sector founded in a normative policy commitment to democratising media participation, people with disability encounter a range of barriers to accessing the resources and spaces of community broadcasting. The Australian case study reported here supports broad consideration of how listening to the views of community broadcasting participants with disability contributes to improving their media presence.

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