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What is Representation of Women

Chapter 6
Narrative Theory and Therapy in the Post-Truth Era
The representation of women presents women in limited patterns in the patriarchal society, especially in the media. Women are represented in the media as a mother, wife, responsible, homemaker, sexual object or powerless.
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Representation of Violence Against Women in Television News: The Case of Emriye Metegül
Sereney Cantimur (Ondokuz Mayıs University, Turkey) and Nursel Bolat (Ondokuz Mayıs University, Turkey)
Copyright: © 2022 |Pages: 21
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-9251-9.ch006
Abstract
There are many ethical violations in the news of violence against women, which is frequently encountered in television journalism. In these ethical violations in the news of violence against women, statements that especially women are shown as victims, marginalized, objectified, and legitimizing violence are frequently encountered. The use of violence in the news also makes the issue of the reality of the news and how the reality is reflected problematic. Reality in the news is a recreated reality. In this study, the way the media handles the news of violence against women is analyzed according to Teun Van Dijk's critical discourse analysis theory through the news of violence suffered by Emriye Metegül. The aim of the research is to examine the news of violence against women in television news through the violence suffered by Emriye Metegül, to see unethical acts through the news, to examine the news by explaining how the representation of women is presented.
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Chapter 16
Newsroom Representation and Discrimination Against Female Journalists in Ghana
The presence of women in the newsroom and how they are seen and portrayed in the newsroom by their colleagues.
Published in Chapter: Newsroom Representation and Discrimination Against Female Journalists in Ghana; From: Handbook of Research on Discrimination, Gender Disparity, and Safety Risks in Journalism
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