Introduction
New media, as defined by Marshall McLuhan, are distinguished from traditional media primarily by their interactive capabilities, and incorporates two-way communication, either between user-to-user interactivity or interactivity between user and information (Rice, 1984).
In India, women makes up to 52% of its total population (source). With the advent of modernization and rapid development in various sector, it is no wonder that the status of women are also constantly changing, and opens up more opportunities for them as compared to the past. This remarkable change is shown through high positions held by Indian women, such as the President, Prime Minister, and Leader of the Opposition (source). However, despite the intense efforts
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With this, we further distinguish between three groups of empowerment, namely political empowerment, economic empowerment, and social empowerment.
In this paper, we look into how new media is able to empower India’s women with regards to these 3
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Slactivism is defined as “informal actions performed via the Internet in support of a political or social cause, but regarded as requiring little time or involvement” (source). It invokes a sense of ‘feel good’ factor, and allows participants to feel accomplished. Netizens readily participates in this form of activism as they feel that doing good in merely a click away. However, many jumped onto the bandwagon without fully understanding what they are supporting, simply because it requires no effort from them, or because majority of their friends supported it too. Thus, while the convenience of new media and slactivism has had some positive impact on social issues, it is inevitably a short term solution if the participants are merely following the crowd, and performing nothing but a thoughtless action rather than being vested in supporting the purpose behind this issue. Without understanding the need for changes, people are unable to form attachments to the cause of bridging the gender gap, which means that their support remains patchy and unpredictable. When the mentality of the masses remains unchanged, the issue of gender equality will remain
With the rapid growth of new digital media technologies, such as the Internet, the public has more choices and opportunities to communicate with people globally. As Bill Gates proclaimed, “the Internet is becoming the town square for the global village of tomorrow.” Media can determine the tremendous role its play in not only our daily lives but also its profound impact on modern society’s cognitive perception of the world. The initial proposal for this paper is to answer how the Internet transforms Guatemalan society as well as improves Guatemalan women’s right, in particular, indigenous women in rural areas. The first assumption here is that the Internet is a vital tool to raise awareness of women’s rights in Guatemala. Minorities in the country, particularly indigenous women have less equally or inferiorly treated by its society. On the other hand, Guatemalan women’s liberation is an inseparable piece of its society’s liberation, which would drive economy flourish and politics more actively. In the context of women’s liberation, the education for women has significantly affected the region. According to the USAID, “more than two million children do not attend school – most of them are indigenous girls in rural areas.” Ultimately distribution of more equal educational opportunities for women plays a significant role in achieving social, political and economic equality in society. So the second assumption and more contentious one is that through utilizing an emerging new media and improving women’s rights in Guatemala, this country would be able to rise in GDP and per capita as well as more active political participation, which could reform a democratic system in Guatemala. By undertaking an in-depth analysis, it i...
...cs should gain its value, and lastly people should vote because it is their responsibility. Moredish Conroy points out, “The traditional ruler view of women rejects the idea that femaleness and political power can coexist.” The traditional idea of what constitute leadership should be rejected. Bashevkin speaks that people must face their own internalized, often unrecognized feelings of discomfort with putting women in positions of power. This should change. Rationally, we all need to engage ourselves in politics because it contributes to our day to day activity. This book is a precondition to change because it promotes awareness by bringing change through monitoring the media, social movements, public opinions, electoral reforms, consensus building, collaboration, stronger motivation, and changing the rule of the game. This assures every citizen, every voice counts.
Joseph STRAUBHAAR and Robert LaROSE (2002). Media Now. Communication Media in the Information Age. 3rd Edition. Belmont, Wadworth/Tompson Learning.
As defined by McWhirter (1991), empowerment refers to helping individuals and groups develop an awareness of the role of power and privilege in their lives, helping them develop knowledge and skills for appropriately taking control over their life situations and helping them empower others in the community. In regards to the above definition, the rural population needs to have a better understanding of their circumstances and the wiliness to fight for positive change in their community, but not to dwell on the constant discrimination or oppression experience. Having a resilience attitude to address situation no matter how hard they have been stretch, where they are able to make meaningful decisions in the choices that affect the quality of life events. To develop a strong sense of self-worth and self-efficacy, empowering them to challenge discriminatory social, economic and political polices. Significantly focusing on empowerment strategies for the rural population that will foster self-advocacy to help them identify and respond effectively to environment and institutional barriers to success.
Today, nothing remains of the former social role of women. Nearly all professions are open to women. The numbers of women in the government and traditionally male-dominated fields have dramatically increased. More women than men earn bachelor’s degrees. Many women's groups still prevail and are major political forces. Although the two movements hoped to achieve different things and used different tactics, they still came together to gain women’s rights and have achieved more than anyone would have ever anticipated.
Women's rights is the fight for women to have equal rights to men. In India women have a secondary status within the household and workplace. This will affect a women's health, financial status, education, and political involvement. Women are normally married young, quickly become mothers, and are then burdened by this and also financial responsibilities. Unfortunately to this present day we are still fighting for women’s rights.
Joseph STRAUBHAAR and Robert LaROSE (2001). Media Now. Communications Media in the Information Age. 3rd Edition. Belmont, Wadsworth/Thompson Learning.
Indian gender roles were well defined, and men’s and women’s responsibilities were equally crucial to
Why is Empowerment relevant?: Strengthening can be characterised as a rule as the limit of individuals, gatherings or potentially groups pick up control of their conditions and accomplish their own particular
Joseph STRAUBHAAR and Robert LaROSE (2002). Media Now. Communications Media in the Information Age. 3rd Edition. Belmont, Wadsworth/Thompson Learning.
My analyses for the Johnson and Connell are that patriarchal is getting eliminating from India. As the women are also working, they are leading men in every filed. They are well educated. The society needs to adopt the rules and regulations compared to the western societies. As the main policy framework for international gender equality regimes, addresses the historically determined unequal power relations between women and men’s. I personally suggested them to bring more females in the politics than men because women will understand other women’s problems carefully and they will bring a change in the societies by encouraging each other. The life expectancy at birth has increased for male and female in India. This has revealed the decrease in death rate and the better improvement of quantity and quality health services in India.
Technology and mass media have been evolving rapidly over the last century. We find proof of this within the development of the internet. Society moved from an era of traditional media to an era we are now in, known as New Media. Dr. Jack Lule, a professor of journalism at Leigh University, defines New Media as media that encompasses all the forms of communication in the digital world, including electronic video games and the Internet. In Dr. Lule’s book Mass Communication, Media, and Culture, he mentions how even this type of New Media is now the most common one we see, traditional media is still loosely in use.
Throughout the history of mankind, the rank of women has been extremely pivotal in the development of the humans. At present, the progress of the nation is determined by the high positions of the women in the society in terms of the employment and the work. It is said that without the contribution of the women in the political, business, social, economic and national activities, the growth of the country will stagnate. In the past, the women were more accustomed to working in homes and taking care of children, etc. but now they are stepping into the outside world due to advances in education for women and increasing awareness.
A women's role has changed tremendously and is making its greatest impact in our society today. Many years ago, women's contribution to society was limited and controlled by men. Women are standing tall and are playing a major role in many important areas. Women's role has changed at an accelerating rate and have part in areas such as Politics, Professional Training Jobs, Medicine,Business and Law. Formerly they were not part of any political matter, but they have advanced in many aspects. For example, women have attained power and have been growing in political office.
The evolution of media has transformed the way we interpret the world around us. It gives us a new perspective by allowing us to interact with one another through the Internet. Media has become much more personal and diverse as user-generated content becomes more prominent in our lives. We are exposed to assorted types of viewpoints that shape our understanding and knowledge of the social world. Moreover, change in technology has brought advancement to transportation methods, which makes it very easy and fast to go long distances than before. It has also brought change in communication, with the development of the mobile phones, where the communication is now more efficient. Technology has also brought changes in education where students can do online courses, take exams, quizzes, do assignments and even discuss with the classmates the related topic of each week as if you were in the actual classroom. The changes of technology play a big part in the media and how it is used. The technological changes made throughout these time periods have made communication and the media widely spread.