GLOBAL MEDIA JOURNAL — Indian Edition
Sponsored by the University of Calcutta
ISSN 2249 – 5835

Current Issue

SUMMER ISSUE / JUNE 2012
Volume: 3 / Number: 1

Theme : Gender and Media

Guest Editors:

Dr. Saswati Gangopadhyay
Reader & Head
Department of Mass Communication
University of Burdwan, Burdwan, West Bengal, India
Website: http://www.buruniv.ac.in
Email: saswati703@yahoo.com

and

Mr. Santwan Chattopadhyay
Assistant Professor and Coordinator, P G Diploma in Mass Communication
Department of Adult, Continuing Education and Extension
Jadavpur University, Kolkata, West Bengal, India
Website: http://www.jaduniv.edu.in
Email: santwanchattopadhyay@yahoo.com , schat1974@gmail.com

Contents

EDITORIAL

Articles

1. WOMEN EMPOWERMENT AND THE ROLE OF PRESS: AN ANALYSIS OF NEWSPAPER COVERAGES OF 1993 WEST BENGAL PANCHAYAT ELECTIONS By Jhumur Ghosh
   
   
2. ADVERTISEMENT PRESSURE AND ITS IMPACT ON BODY DISSATISFACTION AND BODY IMAGE PERCEPTION OF WOMEN IN INDIA By Sasi Rekha V and K. Maran
   
   
3. PROBING THE PROBLEMATICS OF GENDER AND SEXUALITY: AN INTERCULTURAL APPROACH TO CRITICAL DISCOURSES ON BODY IN THE COLONIAL BENGALI MAGAZINE NARA-NAREE By Sutanuka Banerjee
   
   
4. PRINT MEDIA PORTRAYAL OF WOMEN CANDIDATES IN 2009 INDIAN ELECTIONS By Sagarika Golder
   
   
5. PORTRAYAL OF SEXUAL MINORITIES IN HINDI FILMS By Sanjeev Kumar Sabharwal and Reetika Sen
   
   
6. DISCURSIVE SELF IN CONSUMPTION: BODY, FLUIDITY AND FEMININITY By Sourav Madhur Dey
   

Students' Research

1. REPRESENTATION OF VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN IN INDIAN PRINT MEDIA : A COMARATIVE ANALYSIS By Rupsayar Das
   
   
2. REALITY OR MYTH : REPRESENTATION OF WOMEN IN INDIAN TV SERIALS By Debanjali Roy
   
   
3. ISLAMIC WOMEN IN FILMS : TURNING THE VOYEURS INTO SPECTATORS By Shankhamala Ray


4. GENDER REFLECTIONS IN MAINSTREAM HINDI CINEMA By Nidhi Shendurnikar Tere

Commentaries

1. WOMEN ISSUES IN NEWSPAPERS OF UTTARAKHAND By Vandana Nautiyal and Jitendra Dabral
   
   
2. GLOBALIZATION & HUMAN RIGHTS OF WOMEN WITH REFERENCE TO MARY WOLLSTONECRAFT’S VINDICATION OF THE RIGHTS OF WOMEN By Barnali Ray
   
   
3. PENCIL-LIKE THIN ICONS OF FEMINITY IN THE INDIAN MEDIA By Reshma Austin
   
   
4. PORTRAYAL OF WOMEN IN INDIAN MEDIA IN THE ERA OF NEO-LIBERAL ECONOMY By Subhas Singha Roy
   
   
5. MARRIAGE, DEVOTION AND IMPRISONMENT: WOMEN IN BIMAL ROY’S DEVDAS AND BANDINI By Maitreyee Mishra and Manisha Mishra
   
   
6. CONSTRUCTION OF CONTEMPORARY WOMEN IN SOAP OPERAS By Aaliya Ahmed and Malik Zahara Khalid
   

Book Reviews

1. GENDER AND POPULAR CULTURE THROUGH MEDIA TRACKING By Shoma A. Chatterji
   

Documents

1. WOMEN AND MEDIA By Justice G.N. Ray [2008]
   
   
2. WOMEN AND THE MEDIA : UNITED NATIONS [2010]
   
   
3. IMAGES OF WOMEN IN PRINT MEDIA : A RESEARCH INQUIRY By Uma Joshi, Anjali Pahad and Avani Maniar [2006]
   
   
4. PROMOTING GENDER EQUALITY IN AND THROUGH THE MEDIA : A SOUTHERN AFRICAN CASE STUDY By Colin Lowe Morna [2002]
   
   
5. MASS MEDIA: THE IMAGE, ROLE AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS OF WOMEN : UNESCO [1979]