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Chapter — 1

Introduction

Media is the fastest and most popular source of information for the masses in the world

today. While we are watching TV or listening to the radio or reading a newspaper or magazine,

media is shaping our opinions and attitudes. Media makes the public discourse and thereby

shapes our political, cultural, and economic priorities and affiliations. Media also determines and

shapes the roles of men and women in society.

MEDIA IN PAKISTAN

The rapid development of communication and infrastructure development in Pakistan

during the last decade has provided the masses with access to a lot more information. n turn,

media has an increased influence over the masses through which it is able to shape the ideas,

values, behavior, and concepts of the general public. Many privately owned commercial radio

stations and TV channels have been launched, and as e!pected, the information being delivered

to the masses is both positive and negative manner. t has influenced the young Pakistani

generation to the ma!imum e!tent.

"uring the last decade, media has become stronger and more influential in Pakistan due to the

rapid development of communication technologies and infrastructure development. Many

privately owned commercial radio stations and TV channels have been launched. Today media is

providing the masses with a lot of information, which is both positive and negative. The media#s

power to influence masses has also increased through which it is able to shape the ideas, values,

behavior and concepts of the general public. $nfortunately, most newspapers, magazines, TV

channels, and radio stations do not follow a commonly accepted code of ethics.

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Women are under%represented in top positions and are well represented at the lower levels

in media houses. Management tends to ignore women &ournalists when it comes to hard news

beats, such as politics and the economy. These are the assignments, which help &ournalists get

promotions to managerial positions.

gnoring women in the media, their insufficient presentation, and embodying them in

specific roles continues to be a global issue. 'emale segments of society are thought to be

e(ually represented. )owever, there used to be time when &ournalism was considered to be

entirely a male profession. Women in this profession were looked down and had to deal with

issues that female &ournalists in today#s society don#t have to deal with but it is still an

assumption. *urrently women in &ournalism from +hyber pakhtunkhwa are struggling to earn

their e(ual rights and hopefully they will eventually succeed. till it is an established fact that the

women who &oined &ournalism when it was strikly a male dominated profession paved the way

for the young female &ournalists of today by showing males that females can be &ust as effective

as them in the field of &ournalism. t is very apparent that even though women in this relatively

backward region, currently have more rights than they did several decades ago as compare to

other professions but, in the field of &ournalism they still have a long distance to get e(ual rights.

cholars were initially of the opinion that &ournalist was totally a male &ob and that it would be

too dangerous to be considered for any female.

Significance of the study

The research would establish awareness among respondents as well as readers about the

problems that woman &ournalists faced in society because of woman#s unrealistic portrayal in

media at large. This study would be a guide line for further researchers related to the challenges

faced by female &ournalists at different levels. t is not at all an easy &ob to be a &ournalist being a

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woman. This study salutes to the courage and patience to all the brave and fearless women

&ournalists.

Through this study researcher realized that how media should portray woman in real sense with

respect as a human beings not as show piece. May be through this research -overnment and o

their media institutes pay attention to the media#s portrayal of woman and provide them such

environment in which they feel comfortable and do better work which convey a good impression

to our new generations and common woman.

O!ecti"es of the Study

This research topic have some main and basic uni(ue ob&ective like

• To e!plore main problems faced by female &ournalistreporters

• To highlight the support of the family being a media person

• To know about the security problems during the crime event or conflict reporting on the

crime scenes.

• To know about the workplace environment of different TV channels and their personal

e!periences being a female reporter.

Purpose

The basic purpose of my research is to identify the core problems faced by female

reporters in /ournalism. 0eing a &ournalist myself, have seen them facing a lot of problems but

making them realize through talking was my main goal. t is the case very often that women

don#t realize that they are mal treated due multi faceted issues. strongly feel that have made

them realize and this realization will enable them solve their own problems

#esearch Ethics

The research is under the rule regulation of social and culture values and norms. This research

study is limited to female reporters&ournalists of different tv channels of Peshawar. The sample

size of research is only Ten respondents because of (ualitative nature of the research. n this

research while conducting interviews, researcher took great care about the ethics of research like

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confidentiality, anonymity and privacy. was given permission my most of my respondents not

to conceal their identity but few wanted me to hide their identity that why used few names.

$i%itations tried my best to make this research work as informative as possible but can never call it a

perfect research work. Time was the biggest limitation as am a full time working &ournalist

myself. The sample size of this research was only 12 respondents because of (ualitative research.

Therefore, the findings cannot be generalized to the whole population. The finding of the

research are only restricted to those peoples only who are the part of the research and provided

information but it can be help full in providing the basis for future research. n this research few

aspects of media#s portrayal about woman are studied due to limited time and resources.

Organi&ation of the Study

The present research is consisted of five chapters.

Chapter one' ntroduction and description of the research topic

Chapter t(o is related to 3iterature review in which the relevant studies have been mentioned.

This chapter is based on the previous studies done on portrayal of an ideal woman in electronic

media as well as the problems faced by female &ournalists.

Third Chapter' This chapter is about the methodology and research design, it is considered on

all the stages of planning and e!ecution of the research. The tools of data collection, sampling

techni(ue, procedure, ethical considerations ect are listed in this chapter.

Chapter )our' This is related to finding of the study. The findings are achieved through

interviewing respondents in natural setting as well as using observation techni(ue.

Chapter fi"e' This is related to discussion. n this chapter the findings of the present research

has been discussed and analyzed by the researcher.

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Chapter — *

$iterature #e"ie(

4eviewing the accumulated knowledge about a (uestion is an essential early step in the research

process. t is best to find out what is already known about a (uestion before trying to answer it

yourself. 5 literature review is based on the assumption that knowledge accumulates and the

people learn from and build on what others have done 67euman, 899:;.

Mass Media

Mass media consists of the various means by which information reaches large numbers of

people, such as television, radio, movies, newspapers, and the nternet. ociologists study mass

media especially to see how it shapes people#s values, beliefs, perceptions, and behavior

6*ramster, 8911;.

Media

Mass media is a media, which is used to communicate and interact with a large number of

audiences. 0ut it is the pictorial messages of the early ages, or the high% technology media that

are available today, one thing that we all agree upon, is that mass media are an inseparable part

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Print Media

Print media includes newspapers. magazines, brochures, newsletters, books and even leaflets and

pamphlets. Visual media like photography can also be mentioned under this sub%head, since

photography is an important mass media, which communicates via

visual representations. 5lthough, it is said that the electronic or new media have replaced the

print media, there e!ists a ma&ority of audience who prefers the print media for various

communication purposes. Public speaking and event organizing can also be considered as a form

of mass media 6Manohar, 8911;.

E+ectronic Media

'or many people, it is impossible to imagine a life without their television sets, be it the daily

news or even the soap operas. This mass media includes television and radio. This category also

includes electronic media like movies, *"s, and "V"s as well as the new lattest electronic

gadgets.

The *ompact "isc 6also known as *"; is an optical disc used to store data. "V" is an optical

disc storage media format offer higher storage capacity than compact discs while having the

same dimensions 6Manohar, 8911;.

,istory and Origin of Mass Media

)istory of mass media can be traced back to the early days of dramas that were performed in

various cultures. )owever, the term Mass Media originated with the print media that was also its

first e!ample. The first newspaper was printed in *hina in =>= 5.", but due to the high cost of

paper and illiteracy amongst people, it didn#t prosper.

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irrespective of location. t also gives information on various topics such as literature, politics,

science, sports, fashion, movies, education, career, &obs etc. similar to other types of mass media.

Thus, due to the progress of science and technology, history of media has evolved and reached

the present%day world of internet, cellular phones, blocs, pod cast 60hattacharyya, 8911;.

,istory of Pa-istani Media

Pakistan has a dynamic history. Pakistan came in to being on i?fu 5ugust 1C?:.5fter the

separation from ndiaB Pakistan faced so many problems in the area of

economic politics and geographical condition etc. n the &ourney of electronic media in the

country being from 1?th 5ugust 1C?:, when Pakistan 0roadcasting corporation was

formed after independence. 5t the time of independence Pakistan possessed @ radio stations, at

the "haka, 3ahore and Peshawar.

n Pakistan, television was first time introduced in the e!hibition near Mazar%e Duaid on 1>th

eptember 1C22 ./ust for entertainmentB there was a short circuit television for audience to watch

the transmission. This event was arranged by 5merican *onselate in +arachi 8> 7ovember 1C>?

Pakistan television came in to being.

An 8>th 7ovember 1C>? The first official T.V station commenced transmission telecast from

3ahore. 'ollowed by "haka, 4awalpindi and slamabad in 1 C>2,in +arachi 1C>>,Peshawar and

Duetta in 1C:?. 'irst time live transmission from 5ustralia via satellite on 88nd "ecember 1

C:8.'irst time color transmission in Pakistan 89th "ecember 1C:>.Ariginally television work in

0lack and White.

n 12th /uly 1CC9 Pakistan#s first private channel, People Television 7etwork started its

transmission, it become network television marketing. Ptv launched a full scale satellite

telecasting services in 1CC1 %C8.Where as digital satellite telecasting was launching in 1CCC.'irst

ever color transmission in Pakistan on 89th "ecember 1C:>.An March 8998 -eneral Pervaiz

Musharaf issued the ordinance for launching the private T.V channels. 7early 199 channels

comes on the TV screen like 7ews,


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.ender #o+es and T/0Media

oap operas belong to a distinct gender of television which mainly women like to because they

find portrayal of woman on the screen much more near to them self than what other TV.

advertisements and serials depict. Ma&ority of soap operas are n domestic situations and central

characters are females. The aim of each woman told there is to get married and beget children.

The following sources has been accessed from internet, book, research papers and from print

media persons Women reporters are important segment of the society many writers or scholar

write about women reporters and their role and reporting field in society.

Mostly woman are considered as fit for the domesticity. /ob markets and working field have been

segregated on the basis of se! and woman have been found suitable for the occupations which

match the roles they peroform at home.

65garwal 899? ;

5ccording to *./ 7air, Portraying women as e(ual in society is a sub&ect that has been low

priority by present society. The media need to be sensitized to gender issue and now must focus

on woman issues in a decisive way as their role is determined for the woman empowerment in

Peshawar.

n the 81st century in Pakistan is fast emerging as a gable power but for half of its population the

woman &ournalist across the country straggle to live life with dignity continues woman are facing

problems in every share of life whether employment access to helth care or property right but

face in reporting field. o, many problems facing media implicitly rank the importance of the

publics issues according to the amount of prose coverage devoted to an issues leads to the

implication that the topic is not important public awareness is significantly lessenecl. f a story

is not reported the person media or female reporters are not clearly rape or domestic violins

reporting easily because they are so many problems face.

6*./ 7air 12 7umber 899C;

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"on#t victimize woman in /ournalism field the media often treat woman as victims even if C9E

of se!ual assault victims are woman the victims of crime or assault need not necessarily be seen

from the gender stand point. 5 crime may be linked to gender 64ep, domestic violence;. 0ut

there are other which no more reprehensible depending on when there they are omitted against a

woman or a man. t is fairly common to hear F)ow could anyone do that to a woman.G

The Duestion is that woman and man in the same way in the medic woman are more commonly

witnesses while mean are often e!perts man are placed in position of authority in mi!ed gender

discussion woman have a greater presser when cultural Duestion are to the fore the closer the

treatment comes to pure information the less woman are in evidenee.

64eport final -MMP 8919%htp;

Working woman or female reporters. n Pakistan are prone to lot of denomination and this is

especially true in the +hyber pukhtoonkhwa for a female T.V reporter or &oumalist it is like being

in a batter field with enemies coming for all sides in our society and in the field of &ournalism

woman reporters may seen to be respected out worthily. 0ut when we sit and discuss a report

with a male colleague they try to discourage us and cause problems it is because of this that

woman are hesitant about coming into this field any why woman leave but nowadays the main

problems is that we are worried about our softy%our lives.

)owever it is encouraging that in a male dominated society specially +hyber pakhtunkhwa

where there is a cultural barriers that presents woman for working. @9 percent of female

&ournalist of those 19 percent work for T.V. *hannels, : percent in newspaper 1@ percent of local

and international radio another %% :9 female reports in my province is that people have do not

accept that we need to work in offices and go autdoors. n their opinion woman are not supposed

to go outside and they are still not willing to accept our work identity. 6sheeba 899?;

These misconceptions are still prevalent in the society, and women, particularly working women

in the province of +hyber Pakthunkhawa, havefaced a lot of problems. 5s compared to othe r

provinces of the country the Pashtoon society in +hber Pakhthunkhawa is socially and culturally

very infle!ible and restricted. t is worth to mention that in most of the districts of +hyber

Pakthunkhawa, first, the women re not allowed for the &obs, but if somewhere they do &obs, then

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they have to face a number of problems in this rigid socially. The literacy rate in this province is

very low as compared to other parts of the country, and the people as a whole are very

conservative and traditionally reserved.

1. **MT" 9C%11 May 8918 stanbul%Turkey8. Prof. "r. -hulam habir *hairman "epartment of Media tudies.

The slamia $niversity of 0ahawalpur%Pakistan.

My opinion

The e!%researchers emphasized on the issue of female reporters that if a female reporter has a

beautiful face so only she can work in &ournalism field. 0ut am opponent of this. There is no

need of pretty face in &ournalism. f she has does not e!perience, confidence and trust. n my

point of you if a female &ournalist is much pretty and she does not has the ability of &ournalism

field so she cannot do it. There are my e!amples in the occupation of &ournalism field. 0eautiful

faces has been given by the side of 5lmighty 5llah. 5llah looks to your struggle not to face. o

&ournalism not depend on faces. t depends on e!perience confidence, struggling, and how to talk

among the crowd and specially in front of male.

5neela shaheen is the reporter of "uniya news. he said that during the interviews she covers

many type of programmes. 3ike, strikes, protests bombs blasting, family problems, political

parties and press conference. The ma&ority of those people were men. Ar male.

nspite of that have not feeling scared yet and not even myself weak. 0ecause myself

compare with 199 men. This is true that being the part of &ournalism have many problems like,

financial problem, transport problem, family problem and etc. but being a female &ournalist can

faces those problems.

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Chapter —2

Methodo+ogy

O!ecti"es of the Study

This research topic have some main and basic uni(ue ob&ective like

• To e!plore main problems faced by female &ournalistreporters

• To highlight the support of the family being a media person

• To know about the security problems during the crime event or contact reporting on the

crime scenes.

• To know about the workplace environment of different TV channels and their personal

e!periences being a female reporter.

#esearch 3uestion'

The research (uestion of the present study is Fwhy women &ournalists are still struggling in

electronic media, also to have a deeper analysis of how much family support and enabling

workplace environment help women to continue this profession. and portray the image of an

ideal woman and what could be the effects of media#s unrealistic portrayal of woman on youth.

Plagiarized work

#esearch Design'

The research design based on number of important components and formulated on the basis of

ob&ectives of the study. 4esearch design helps to researcher how to conduct the work. 6*reswell,

899:;.

The research design has been formulated on the basis of the ob&ectives of the study. The main

reason was to find out problems faced by female &ournalists. The present study is based on

Dualitative research method. Dualitative research is a situated activity that locates the observer in

the world. n consist of a set of interpretive material practices that make the world visible and go

deeper in to research topic.

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Too+ of Data Co++ection'

5ccording to creswell 6899:; in order to fulfill the ob&ectives of the study researcher select in depth

interviews in natural setting for data collection from respondents because the (ualitative research

tend to collect data in the field at the side where participation e!perience the issues or problems

under study, they do not bring individual into a lab, nor do they typically send out instruments

for individuals to complete. This up close information gathered by actually talking directly to

people and act within their conte!t is a ma&or characteristics of (ualitative research. n the natural

setting researcher have face to face interviews.

+eeping in mind my research topic face to face discussion was an essential feature for the better

analysis. My respondents were not afraid or shy about sharing their opinion because they all

were camera confident female &ournalists.

$anguage of Inter"ie(

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Sa%p+e Si&e

The sample size of respondents was fifteen in the present study. 5ll the respondents were

females. ampling is the process of selecting a subset of people or social phenomena to studied,

from the larger universe to which they belong and sample size should be according to available

resources and time 6Payne H Payne, 899?;.

Sa%p+ing Techni5ue'

4espondents were selected though purposive sampling. n the method of sampling, the samples

are chosen in order to meet some pre determined criteria. The researcher select the cases on the

basis of hisher familiarity with the situation combined with the situation combined with hisher

presumed e!pert &udgment. 4afi(ue 6n.d.;.

Procedure

The research topic was taken due to the personal inclination of the researcher. The researcher is a

&ournalist himself and has seen female &ournalist facing problems at different levels. The

observation and sensitivity towards their issues convinced the researcher to take this topic for

dissertation.

5 lot of the respondents researcher knew before as colleagues, mostly senior colleagues. While

working with them most of the time it was felt that the level of multi tasking they do all the time

is really e!hausting for them

$i%itations

tried my best to make this research work as informative as possible but can never call it a

perfect research work. Time was the biggest limitation as am a full time working &ournalist

myself. The sample size of this research was only 12 respondents because of (ualitative research.

Therefore, the findings cannot be generalized to the whole population. The finding of the

research are only restricted to those peoples only who are the part of the research and provided

information but it can be help full in providing the basis for future research. n this research few

aspects of media#s portrayal about woman are studied due to limited time and resources.

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#esearch Ethics

The research is under the rule regulation of social and culture values and norms. This research

study is limited to female reporters&ournalists of different TV channels of Peshawar. The sample

size of research is only Ten respondents because of (ualitative nature of the research. n this

research while conducting interviews, researcher took great care about the ethics of research like

confidentiality, anonymity and privacy. was given permission my most of my respondents not

to conceal their identity but few wanted me to hide their identity that why used few names.

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Chapter — 6

Data )indings

)INDIN.

#eason for 7oining

The Ma&ority of female &ournalists said that we therefore come to this field because the future of

&ournalism is bright but few of &ournalists said that we come to this field by chance.

#estriction fro% the fa%i+y

Ma&ority of respondent said that initially we had some problems from the family side. 0ut slowly

they compromised with us.

Satisfaction of !o

Ma&ority of 'emale &ournalists said that we are not satisfied from this &ob due to less salary. 0ut

now this is our obligation. f you want to do work on this salary so come otherwise do not come.

'ew respondents said that we are satisfied from our salary because of having power in media.

)a%i+y satisfaction

Ma&ority of female &ournalists said that our families are not satisfied from our &obs.

Contriution of sa+ary

'ew of said that we contribute the salary but the ma&ority of not. 0ecases the salary is less how

should we contribute even this is not enough for our pocket.

Managing the ti%e

Ma&ority of female &ournalists said that we do not have enough to spend with family and social

activities. /ournalist has no social life. They only prefer to their &obs. They always in tension due

to the missing of news especially in electronic media.

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Process of hurd+e

Most of female &ournalists said that we have a lot of hardles in our field. The huge problems is

gender discrimination the second problem is that our male &ournalists or colleagues don#t let us to

progress in our field. They discourge us.

#e+ation (ith head and co++eagues

Ma&ority of respondents said that we want to keep a good relation with our male reporters

colleagues. 0ut few said that if we keep a good relation with our male &ournalists but the society

does not let us.

.ender code ethics of Pa-istani %edia

Most of female &ournalists said that Pakistani media has ethics but the working &ournalists both

male and female they do not follow the media ethics. nternational madia take care of gender

code of ethics and Pakistani media as well. The owner of electronic media channel do not follow

the gender code of ethics. They want report from &ournalists but they are against the gender code

of conducts.

.ender sensiti"e

Most of respondents said that we mean by gender sensitivity as gender discrimination

8eautifu+ face on T/0 and "oice on radio

Most of respondents said that in an electronic media pretty faces needed. t needs e!perience,

confidence, good thinking, ethics, and good behavior with others.

Ade5uate co"ering of (o%en issue

Most of female &ournalists said that we do not want to show women issues. The reason is that the

society does not allowed us, specially pushtoon society. 'ew of said that we give courage to the

women issue. 3ike, family problems, burning issue, throwing acid.

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#ape issue

'ew of respondents said that we highlighted but under the code of media or &ournalistic ethics.

Treated of fe%a+e !ourna+ist in office

Most of female &ournalists said that they don#t look us as a )uman, they look us as a women

especially in pushtoon society.

)ee+ protected (hi+e (or-ing

Most of female &ournalist said that we do not feel protected in &ournalism field. 'irst of all the

reason is that our &ournalism field is private. We give treats by unknown people. "uring the

reporting we are not secure from the office side.

7ourna+is% good career for (o%en

Most of respondents said that the &ournalism field is good for women but few of not agree with

this &ournalism field she can be accepted especially in electronic media.

Confidence on you fro% channe+ side

Most of female &ournalists said that we have been confidence from the channel side.

)uture a%itions regarding your !o

Most of respondents said that through &ournalisms want to create my name my identity and

authority. f have highlight the women issue and especially pushtoon society and we want to

solve those problems through our own field. 'ew of said that we leave our &ournalism field

because of so many problems in pushtoon society. Aur society does not let us to go forward.

9hat (or+d you say to go"ern%ent

Most of female &ournalist said that the government should provide special security to the female

&ournalists. 5nd also provide &ob opportunity for female.

Suggestion of the respondent

Most of respondents said that the new female students should not &oin the &ournalism field.

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,uge pro+e%s faces during the reporting

The big is transportationB picking up and drop few of T.V channel don#t provide the picking up

and drop. 'acislities. 0ut most of provided it. There is no fi! timetable for a female reporter. The

office time of T.V channels is from =I99 am to ?I99 pm. 0ut we can#t leave the office at the e!act

time. 4eason for that emergency press conference, 0omb blasting accidents, protests, and otherso many issues.

4espondent views regarding women image in media Dualitative 5nalysis of "ata $nlike

(uantitative research, where analysis is conducted after data collection in (ualitative research the

timing of analysis various. The characteristics of (ualitative analysis is that it deals with data

presented in words. n (ualitative research the process of analysis is deeper. more focused and

more detail than in (uantitative research. Through data analysis research conduct data and draw

conclusion 6arantakos. , 8992;.

.ender #o+es

Ma&ority of respondents said that now gender roles are going to changed. 3ike women are also in

&ob market and different other professions to improve herself due to media, today woman have

confidence to participate in every sphere for improvement. Ane of the respondent said Ff we talk

about changing of gender roles, then yes, roday woman is coming out of their stereotypical roles.

People are getting modern, a change is developing inside everyoneG

F/ahan tak bath karain gender roles key change honey ki to haan a& aurat apneypurany kirdaron

se bahir aa rahi hai.3og modern hoty&a rahay ham 3ogon key ander change

atta&a raha haiG

What should be 5ppropriate mage of Woman in Media Ma&ority of the respondents replied that

media should portray woman in realistic way neither very simple nor e!tremely fashionableover

e!aggerated. Ane of the respondents saidFMedia should portray woman as modest and respectable, so that women status

could improve in the societyG

FMedia ko chahive k aurat ko sharam o haya or izat key sath portray karay, taa key us ka status

inaashray main behtar ho sakayG

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Chapter — :

Discussion

DISC4SSION

My personal opinions on this research is that media has great impact on our lives. Women#s

participation in media is very necessary. Ma&ority of the respondents were of the view that man

and women both e(ually run the institution of media.

Women can better understand only a women. t#s not possible that women is e!changed from

media. The researcher observed during the research that ma&ority of respondent truly agree that

women is an important part of media and feel happiness. That media is un coupled without them

no one want to see only men in T.V all the time. Women use in media for attraction. Media can

not run without women because whole story runs around the women media women giving

messages to other girls that they become modern media encourage women and teenage should be

modern media also focus on this onatter. 0ut we have certain norms and value we also have to

consider them. 5ccording to these values modernization is acceptable otherwise not.

Pro+e%s faced y fe%a+e reporter /

0eing a male &ournalist have seen their problems many time. 0eing a &ournalist know there

problems and have close information about them, so therefore selected this topic. what to

demonstrate their problems and wanting to solve their problems.

The presence of women in media is to improve herself. n old days women was consider as a

slave. There status has changed still there are some areas, see yourself and see me. That media

has changed our status, now we can come out from our homes. 5s long as traditional roles were

present et is true that women are shown on TV according to their gender roles, as like that men

are handling the outdoor work and women are taking care of their children and home. 0ut

nowadays media is getting side from it like women is driving and running her bouti(ues, or

doing some other &obs. t means that their status has been changing.

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Ane of the respondents said

FMedia can not run without women because whole story runs around the womanG

FMedia auraJ key begair nahi chal sakta kyun key sari story aurat key ird gird ghoomti

haiG

Ane of the respondents said

FThose girls who are not physically &it according to media woman, then automatically inferiority

comple! create in personality, that she is not attractive like media woman,

or

not physically &it like her. 5nd these all problems creates /ust because of media

unrealistic image of womanG

FWo larkian key/o&ismani torper&it nahi hoti.to aik ehsaas%e%kamtari un ki zaat main paida honey

lagta hai key wo t.v ki aurat&aisi khubsurat nahi hain,smart nahi hain.5or

ye sub media main dikhai /aney waali unrealistic image ki wa&a se hota haiG Women portrayed in

television as sub&ect poison or se! ob&ect, focus on their face beauty and physical appearance to

sell the products or for getting attention of target audience .The teen age girls and women see

media women figure and also doing same e!ercises, or dieting to become as TV model or

actress. The role of the media in eating disorders focused on the decreasing weight over time of

the models, actresses and beauty pageant contestants who are held up as ideals of beauty.

Magazine articles, television shows, and advertisements have also created a social conte!t that

may contribute to body dissatisfaction and disordered eating in girls and women6)azboun,8911;

F7o don#t think so that by watching media woman have any self esteem problem. lam

satisfied with my physical appearance, but those girls who are not satisfied with their

physical appearanceB they face the problem of self esteem and low confidenceG

F/KTahi maira nahi khayal key &ub main media ki aurat ko daikhoon to mu&y koi self

esteem kaproblem hota hai.Main bilkul mutmain hoon apniphysicall appearance

se, magar iio larkian key /o apny physical appearance se satisfi# nahi hoti wo phir low self

esteem ya low confidence &aisi mushkilat koface karti hamG

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n the field of &urnalism only those women who are physically attractive are the successful

&ounralists.

F hoba ahafat Mai sirf who khawateen kamyaab ho sakti hai ya agey bhar safti hai &u &ismani

tor pher mazboot aur khobsurat hoG

The respondent said that the &ournalism field is bright so therefore female selected this field.

When they &oin this field then they faces several problems. n this field being a &ournalist in may

opinion is that if female &ournalist has confidence so she will not faces the problems.

F 5ik +hatoon reporter na kaha key sahafat ka musta(bil roshanaas hota hai isliye who is ma ati

hai lekin &ab who is shobay ma ati hai ta usko bohoot say masayal ka samna karna pharta haiG

The durya T.V 'emale reporter 5nila haheen said that this is true that there are bundle of

problems in this &ournalsim field for female but being a &ournalist if you have confdence you

can handle all these problems can report amoung the men and do not feel shame.

F"unya T.V channel ki khatoon reporter 5nila shaheen ne kaha ke yeh sach hai ke shobaye

sahafat say wa basta khawateen ko bhout se mushkilat ka samna karnna pharta hai liken batoresahafi agar aap ma (abilyat ho aur kuch karne ka &azba ho tu app in tamam 6Masayel masail; ka

dat kar Murabla kar sakti hai. Ma 0atore khatoon ahafi apne aapko 6199, 29; 5admi yoon ke

barabar sania&ti ho aur kisi tarah ka sharam mehsoos nahi kartiG

0eing a &ournalist am agree with the 5nila shaheen tatements if a person has confiaence so he

easily hanale huge problems. 5nd he can achieve his goals.

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.ender sensiti"e

Most of respondents said that they look us like a women not a human being.

Fobay sahafat say wabasta khawateen ma yeh kaha ke sahfat ke shobay ma hamey khawateen ki

nazar say deka &ata hai magar insaan ki nazar say nahi deka &ataG

0eing a &ournalsit know that there is much genar discrimination to compare with other

professions.

'uture ambitions regarding your &ob ab tak T.V channel female reproter 'ozia said that we

therfore come to this field

F5b tak T.V channel khatoon reproter 'ozia ne kaha ke hum isliye is shobay say wabasta howe

hai ke hum apna naam kama sake aur khawateen ko &u musbkelat darpesh hai usko hal kar sake.

0eing a &ournalist when 'emale &ournalists &oin this 'ield for the purpose of solving the problems

of women but when they &oin this field they become much busy in their field even they do not

have this much time that they spend with their family childern, 'riendas, relatives, etc so how

they solve the problems of women. 0ecause they have ternsion from other the office side to

prepare the news therefore their own life is under the pressure and every tiem they want to

e!clusive they news.

There are two huge problems with 'emale /ournalists in &ouranlism field one is the security and

the other is transportaion problems.

hobay sahafat say wabasta khawateen ko do bhaere challenges ka saman karna pharta hai ak

securty ka aur dosra amdoraftka

0eing a &ournalist know that there are two m&or problems which female &ournalists face in

&ournalism fi@eld the first huge problem is the security problem because female &ournalists are

not secure in their field. They are not secure in office, during the reporting even they are not

secure from the security forces. They are given the treats form suspected people se!ually they

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not secure and the second )uge problem is the transportation because when they go for reporting

sometimes they come late to office and coming back to home so it will take much time from

them due to the lack facility of transportations

n pashtoon society the Pashtoon people behavior with women is like a slave but they also give

respect them.

F5a& T.V ki khatoon &ournalist 'arzana ne apni interview +4 doraan kaha ta ke ma apne

cameraman ke sath swat operation kei coverage keliya gaye te. *overage ke doraan mu&he

security forces ke 5hlekaro ne kaha ke app nay is &aga sa agey nahi &ana kiyoke who &aga hohat

khatarnake hai aur waha pher Talibaan ka control bi hai lekin maine apni khabar aur kuchy karne

ki 'an ki wa&a sa security 'orces ki hidayaat ko rad karte how apne cameraman ko sath le kar ausi &aga pher rawana hagaye waha ponchne say pehle he mu&he aur mere cameraman co

Talibaan ne giraftaar kar ke apne 5mir ul Momineen ke paas le gaye 5mir ul momineen ke pass

le gaye 5mir ul momineen ne kaha ke tum 5ik khatoon ho aur app yaha pher operation ke

douraan coveage ke liye aye howe ho aap agar khatton na hoti aur agar hamara pushtoon

mohashara na hota tu hum app ko kab ke caatal kar dete aur app kei lashe security forces ke

hawale karte lekin aik khatoon hone ken ate hum app ko yahya sa Linda wapis beg rahe haiG

5ik +hatoon reporter invterwie kei dowran kha ka &itna ahtisal aik educated khatoon ki hoti hi

shadhd aik anphar wor gharilo khatoon ki nahi hoti.

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Conc+usion'

The research main of theme is that to highlight the female &ournalists problems faces in an

electronic media. 'emale /ournalists have many problems in an electronic media the first

problem is that they are not protected in this field because they given the treats. 0y unknown

people. The reason is that the &ournalism field is private therefore they are not secure form the

office side moreover, they are 4istricted from the family side. nitially they have many problems

from the female. 0ecause in our society don#t let them to work as a &ournalist. The another

problem is the transportation problem. They don#t have the facility of picking up and dropping.

Therefore they spend much time for waiting they vehicles. 5nd they can not reach at the e!act

time to office and the reporting place most of female &ournalists have the less salary problems.

When they demand for increasing the salary. o then they are told that if you work on this salary

so come otherwise we don#t need you. n &ournalism filed they are not given the &ob however due

to the oblighation they agree to work on less salary. The ne!t problem is that they do not have fi!

schedule for going and leaving. f their office starting time is =I99 am to ?I99 PM. 0ut they

cannot leave the office at the e!act time. *ause of emergency press conference, bomb blasting,

accidents, protests and so many issues.

They &ealous from each others. f one has beauty so the another one &ealous form her. They try to

find each other weakness. pecially male reporter to female so therefore a lot of female &ournalist

leave their field of &ournalism, due to these ma&or problems occur with them. 7owadays female

students don#t come to &ournalism field. 0ecause they know that they will faces these problems

so that#s why they are not interested to &oin this filed there is no proper training for &ournalists

they can easily come to this filed they &ust graduated form the university and without training

&oin this field. o these are the ma&or problems which female &ournalists have in &ournalism field.

/ournalism field work and theoretical is so much different when female &ournalist department

students come to they &ournalism filed they face so many problems because the theory and the

study e!periences not to helpful in &ournalism filed. o &ournalism department provided proper

practical training in department.

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Suggestion

1. The government should provide the security to female &ournalists and as well as male

&ournalists.

8. The organization should arrange the transportation@. The should be proper training center to teach young and in e!perienced students about

basic components in &ournalism .?. "iscrimination against female reporters should be concisely minimized by the senior

there should be no limitation for them and be given any type of beat. 3ike education,

crime, coarts reporting, health, reporting conflict reporting, sports 4eporting, protest and

religious reporting.

2. The bureau chief, assignment editor show good manner on behavior with female

&ournalists.

>. They should not given the &ob by beauty. The should give the &ob by talent, e!perience, or

marit.:. 0eing a &ournalist know that the number of crimes are increase in society so therefore

the number of female &ournalists should be increased because they will highlights the

woman issues in meadia.

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Appendi;

Inter"ie( schedu+e

7ameI

5geI

. 5re all female reporters gender sensitiveN1:. "o you agree with the statement a woman face on the screen or a female voice on the

radio is considered an important key to success for any programN

1=. "o you think that media is ade(uately covering the women issuesN

1C. )ow do media cover rape issues or caseN89. 5re you treated as a human or as a women in your officeN

81. "o you feel protected while workingN

88. s &ournalism as a good career for womenN

8@. )ow much confidence your channel has on youN8?. What are your future ambitions regarding your &obN

82. What would you say to the governmentN8>. What would you suggest to new female reporter how want to &oin &ournalism filedN

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