Public views about media role in women empowerment

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Volume 2 Issue 1 2021

Author(s):

Muhammad Yaseen Moroojo
Shaheed Benazir Bhutto University, Benazirabad

Dr.Muhammad Osama Shafiq
University of Karachi

Dr.Mujeeb Rehman Abro
Shah Abdul Latif University,Khairpur

Abdul Razzaque Bhayo
University of Sindh

Abstract The focus of this study is to measure public view regarding the role of media in women empowerment. The deductive approach was employed to assess views of female and male members of society regarding the issue. The survey method was used to collect data from sample sites. One hundred thirteen samples were collected from cities, small towns and remote areas of KhairpurMirs district. The views of respondents were measured by using t-test. Results reveal that social media, TV and newspapers have a significant role to help women empowerment while radio, magazines and books were identified having insignificant role to improve women empowerment. The overall results showed that, electronic media is more participative as compared to the print media to help women empowerment in the society.
Keywords women empowerment, feminism, media, positive discrimination, Pakistani society, culture
Year 2021
Volume 2
Issue 1
Type Research paper, manuscript, article
Journal Name Journal of Media & Communication (JMC)
Publisher Name ILMA University
Jel Classification -
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ISSN no (E, Electronic) 2707-8906
Country Pakistan
City Karachi
Institution Type University
Discipline Media, Advertising, Social Science, Multidisciplinary
Journal Type Open Access
Manuscript Processing Blind Peer Reviewed
Format PDF
Paper Link http://jmc.ilmauniversity.edu.pk/arc/Vol2/2.1/4.pdf
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