The Gender Equality Perception Among the Female Journalists

Jurnal Komunikasi Ikatan Sarjana Komunikasi Indonesia

Structure of the media in Indonesia is still dominated by men who lack of gender sensitivity so that the role of women journalists as agents of change towards gender awareness is important to discuss. This study aims to determine the factors that make up the awareness, values and attitudes of women journalists on gender, and the influence of media and community structure in forming the gender awareness of women journalists. As a case study, a journalist of the largest newspaper in Indonesia, Kompas, namely Maria Hartiningsih is chosen. The study is based on the concept of gendered-perspective journalism as a practice of journalistic that informs and questions inequality of the relationship between men and women. The study uses a qualitative approach with the method of Critical Discourse Analysis model of Norman Fairclough. Text analysis is conducted to examine the writings of Maria Hartiningsih in Kompas related to gender issues. The results show that at the textual level—since she ...

Going through the historical accounts of the press in India, though the women entered the journalistic profession in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century, they did not played an important role in designing and reshaping it. Today there are several women editors, columnists and television anchors. In the last decade, more women have entered the profession, and many have equal access to all beats, blurring the 'traditional male area' line considerably. In this context, a study was conducted to know the working conditions and their suitability in the media. The study was conducted in Chennai. A Sample of 60 respondents was selected randomly by using purposive random sampling technique. The sample frame for the study includes both male and female journalists of print and electronic media. The respondents comprised of editors, sub-editors, reporters, programme executives and free lancers in both print and electronic media. The data was obtained using the questionnaire and it was analyzed using percentage analysis method. The findings reveals that women journalists are encouraged and given freedom to organize their work and do not face major discrimination in their working spot on the basis of gender and they are also given decision – making position in the media and their positions in the media is satisfactory. Regarding, importance given for women issues in the media, both men and women journalist consider women issues as one of the important issue and women issues are portrayed adequately in the media.

This research titled " Gender Equality in Broadcast Media (Television) ". As we all know that in Pakistan females are more in numbers as compare to males. But if we see in the practical field there are some females working and others are not willing to go in practical field. The interesting thing of the this study is that the result shows females got equal salary and equal promotion chances. In media organization especially in television females feel hesitation to work. In this research the researcher found that the reason behind this the behavior of the team members (male colleagues and the boss). The result showed that females portrayal as a show piece in media. The researcher conducted 120 survey forms from two different respondents. Firstly the researcher conducted 100 survey forms from the general audience. Secondly 20 survey forms conducted from the professional audience working in the two different media organizations. The researcher used SPSS to collect the data and then used the Microsoft Excel to show the result in charts and Graphs.

In the era of the third wave of feminism, the number of women journalists working in various states of India presents a startling paradox. Besides this, an unhealthy trend of ‘gendered’ journalism is emerging, wherein only ‘gendered’ or feminine news is assigned to female journalists. The current paper endeavors to find out if this trend of sharp disparity in the numbers and role of male and female journalists exist in the Kashmirbased press as well. It analyses hard and soft news stories published by leading regional English dailies. The analysis has been made in terms of various parameters like the ratio of male reporters to female reporters, beats assigned to women journalists, type and frequency of stories covered by them, and priorities of women journalists in terms of issues highlighted. The major purpose of the paper is to bring to fore what appears to be the culture of gender disparity in the regional press.

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EJOTMAS: Ekpoma Journal of Theatre and Media Arts, 2020

Journalism is one of many professions held in high esteem. The profession, however, is not without its own challenges as women journalists find it difficult to enjoy their career in the face of issues posed by the industry. This study sought to investigate the challenges faced by women journalists in the Nigerian mediascape. It is anchored on the feminist muted group theory (FMGT). The survey research and interview methods were employed to sample 120 women journalists in some Nigerian media outfits. They were purposively selected to respond to the questionnaire and four senior women journalists based on their work experience were interviewed. Four electronic media stations (two television and two radio stations) were considered for the study. Data were analysed through simple percentages and the qualitative data analysed thematically. It was found that women journalists face myriads of challenges, including abuse, sexual harassment and marital issues such as divorce, spending inadeq...

Introduction: A general concept is being presented in the introduction section. Nature of journalism and various dimensions are discussed here. How women are participating in journalism is elaborated. Review of Literature: There are limited studies on this topic of research paper but some studies are being discussed in review of literature section. Women Journalist and Modern Journalism: Women journalists can be a significant factor for modern journalism and they have ability to change the perception of society. These all things are being discussed in this chapter. SWOT Analysis: This section has discussed the various strengths, weakness, opportunities of women journalism. Discussion and Interpretation: On the basis of various reviews and SWOT analysis discussion and interpretation is being written under this section. Conclusion: Conclusion is the outcome of any research study, so in this section a brief conclusion is written on the basis of whole the study.

Evan Brothers, 2024

Whether the various laws and conventions passed across the world mark the end of gender disparity against the girl-child and women around the globe or not, it appears that they are still victims of discrimination. Therefore, this paper examined the extent media reports encourage general and gender stereotypes/discrimination. It also ascertained if the macho newsroom culture in journalism practice is the reason for biased reporting against the female gender in the media, and likewise determined the factors that make less number of women to practice journalism. It employed a survey research design, used a questionnaire as an instrument for data collection, and it was hinged on the Critical Media Theory. Findings revealed that the media partially accentuate stereotypes and discrimination against the female gender in the society; that it is not true that the macho newsroom culture in journalism practice is the reason for bias reporting in the media against the female gender, and that a lot of factors like Culture, Marriage, Religion, Interest, Nature of Work, and others are the reasons less number of women practice journalism. It was concluded that gender parity must be made a strategic objective for every segment of society. The recommendations, among others, were that the media, being powerful influencers of man`s decision-making faculty, should always display balance while reporting gender issues. They must deliberately democratise news narratives so as to extricate all forms of gender discrimination from them for women to have an equal voice too. Also, more women should venture into the practice of journalism, and ascend the management cadre to ensure gender issues are given prominence. Gender quotas should also be given in newsrooms that could disintegrate the macho-news room culture.

International Journal of Research and Analytical Reviews, 2018

"There is no chance of the welfare of the world unless the condition of women is improved. It is not possible for a bird to fly on one wing."-Swami Vivekananda Abstract: Nature of media industry is quite different from other industry. This industry demand more time, more work within deadline, field work, pressure of breaking news, qualitative work with rich content, whole hearted dedication for this profession. It is a challenging industry as one has to work in pressure. Pressure increases in proportion of designation. New comers and women journalists face several challenges in media industry. This study focuses on challenges and opportunities for women journalists in media industry. Qualitative research technique focus group has been opted for deeper understanding of the phenomenon. Study conclude that because of gender biasness, safety issues, odd working hours, more work in less time, high pressure and stress level, no job security, less maternity leaves as compare to government job, patriarchal mind set of family and society compel women journalists either to leave this profession or to switch over in other field.

Journal of Mass Communication Department, Dept of Mass Communication, University of Karachi, 2014

This empirical study has used survey method to assess four specific dimensions of working conditions for women journalists in all the Karachi based news channels. Theoretical frame work is based on liberal feminism theory. 79 women journalists associated with various Karachi based news channels are part of this survey research as respondents. Thus using the chi-square test and Pearson correlation test, the findings of this research display a promising picture to some extent revealing the positive and cooperative behavior of male colleagues towards the women journalists at the workplace.