http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/gdpmr.2023(VI-I).17
10.31703/gdpmr.2023(VI-I).17
Published : Mar 2023
How Pakistani Dramas Portray Women: The Comparison between ARY and HUM TV
This research consisted of the portrayal of women in Pakistani dramas and a comparison between two private TV channels ARY and HUM. The quantitative content analysis was used to check the portrayal of women currently in dramas. The researcher applied a purposive sampling technique and framing theory was used to conduct this research. The media industry plays a vital job as exposition, entertainment, and monitoring are strong gadgets of it. This study makes an effort to determine whether women are melodramatised and played down in Pakistani dramas. In accordance with Gallagher (1981) media display women's character as narrow and limited to home and family, mainly women are identified as dreamers, energetic and imaginary stuff in broadcasting. Findings show that ARY TV mostly represented women as passive, domestic, and materialistic whereas HUM TV displayed women as proud, objectified, professional and dehumanize.
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Pakistani Dramas, Private Channels, ARY TV Drama, HUM TV Drama, Portrayal of Women
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(1) Rahat Siddique
PhD Scholar, Institute of Media and Communication Studies, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan, Punjab, Pakistan
(2) Muhammad Ahsan Bhatti
Assistant Professor, Institute of Media and Communication Studies, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan, Punjab, Pakistan.
(3) Riasat Ali
PhD Scholar, Institute of Media and Communication Studies, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan, Punjab, Pakistan.
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APA : Siddique, R., Bhatti, M. A., & Ali, R. (2023). How Pakistani Dramas Portray Women: The Comparison between ARY and HUM TV. Global Digital & Print Media Review, VI(I), 215-233. https://doi.org/10.31703/gdpmr.2023(VI-I).17
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CHICAGO : Siddique, Rahat, Muhammad Ahsan Bhatti, and Riasat Ali. 2023. "How Pakistani Dramas Portray Women: The Comparison between ARY and HUM TV." Global Digital & Print Media Review, VI (I): 215-233 doi: 10.31703/gdpmr.2023(VI-I).17
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HARVARD : SIDDIQUE, R., BHATTI, M. A. & ALI, R. 2023. How Pakistani Dramas Portray Women: The Comparison between ARY and HUM TV. Global Digital & Print Media Review, VI, 215-233.
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MHRA : Siddique, Rahat, Muhammad Ahsan Bhatti, and Riasat Ali. 2023. "How Pakistani Dramas Portray Women: The Comparison between ARY and HUM TV." Global Digital & Print Media Review, VI: 215-233
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MLA : Siddique, Rahat, Muhammad Ahsan Bhatti, and Riasat Ali. "How Pakistani Dramas Portray Women: The Comparison between ARY and HUM TV." Global Digital & Print Media Review, VI.I (2023): 215-233 Print.
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OXFORD : Siddique, Rahat, Bhatti, Muhammad Ahsan, and Ali, Riasat (2023), "How Pakistani Dramas Portray Women: The Comparison between ARY and HUM TV", Global Digital & Print Media Review, VI (I), 215-233
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TURABIAN : Siddique, Rahat, Muhammad Ahsan Bhatti, and Riasat Ali. "How Pakistani Dramas Portray Women: The Comparison between ARY and HUM TV." Global Digital & Print Media Review VI, no. I (2023): 215-233. https://doi.org/10.31703/gdpmr.2023(VI-I).17