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Countering
the Negative Image of Arab Women in the Arab Media: Toward a “Pan Arab Eye”
Media Watch Project |
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By: Rasha Allam |
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June, 2008 |
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Publisher: Middle East Institute Abstract: Media has a powerful
effect on people, who subconsciously adopt and internalize attitudes,
beliefs, and values presented graphically or textually. People are unaware of
how much they are manipulated by the glamorous or subtle messages conveyed
through a variety of media. Television, movies, magazines, newspapers, and
radio advertisements are trying to sell people various products, and people
also buy into — perhaps without fully realizing it — beliefs and attitudes
that govern their lives, as well as their way of thinking. Newspapers,
television, and radio carry a variety of messages and views on issues that
affect women and their portrayal. According to the Nigerian feminist Molara
Ogundipe-Leslie, “The power of the media to make and unmake the image of
women, to hasten or retard the progress of women in society, cannot be denied
or underestimated.” |
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