Image of Arab women

Arab women in cinema 4.2 Cinema This section is a continuation to the previous one but this time the aim is show the representation of Arab women in cinema. But before going deep into this, it would be useful to have an idea first about cinema itself and its relation to women. Cinema can be […]

Images of Arab women in advertising Chapter 4 Case study In the last chapter, the portrayal of Arab women in the Arab media has been put under full light, examining both the written and the visual format. In this chapter, however, the focus will be on examples from each so as to prove what has

Arab women in the internet 3.2.2 The internet Before the advent of the Internet, the communication networks were very much limited, there were only phone lines or sent letters, but thanks to this medium of communication, things have become easier. All what people need is to sit in front of a computer and get connected

Arab women in visual media: Television 3.2 Arab women in visual media 3.2.1 Television Television is one of media types that is worth studying as a result of its style, scope and insights. It is a part of our everyday life, a very important tool that is growing in importance every single day. Television is

Images of Arab women in magazines 3.1.2 Magazines The secret of the popularity of womenas magazines lay in their coverage of news as well as entertainment. They are normally directed to women since they call themselves womenas magazines; thus they define their readers as women. In most cases these magazines concentrate on issues such as

Arab women in written media : Newspapers 3.1 Arab women in written media When talking about media, there are things to be considered like for example which kind of media is referred to. Katz has explained it in her book The Media Handbook saying that aThe world of media can be very broadly divided into

Women and media Chapter 3 Women and media For many years, the images of women in the media have been a burning issue and a tropical subject to study. Women have been given a distorted presentation in both advertisements and television serials; either they are shown as a sexual object or as ignorant mothers and

Critical analysis of the media: manipulative & hegemonic 2.3 Critical analysis of the media The critical analysis of the media approach is concerned with the way the mass media and the social structure go hand in hand. It puts emphasis on how the messages transmitted by the media are being received and how they were

Interpreting the media, Image of Arab women 2.2 Interpreting the media If analyzing the images and the concepts one has in mind, he/ she would come quickly to the conclusion that they correspond to what he /she sees through the media. Most of them are acquired and shaped by the magazines we read or the

Behaviourist theory and Cultivation theory Chapter 2 Media analysis Media study involves a wide range of research techniques like for example social surveys, observations and most importantly the analysis of its content. As stated earlier, media is something we are all exposed to; we know it, and we make use of it that is exactly