Women's Negative Portrayal in Iraqi TV Series 2022: A Critical Discourse Analysis
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https://doi.org/10.31185/eduj.Vol49.Iss4.3491Keywords:
Women Portrayal, ideology, Iraqi series, stereotypeAbstract
The study endeavors to show the portrayal of women in the Iraqi TV drama, and the impact that they have on the Iraqi society. Media, in general, and TV drama, in particular, are designed to sediment ideologies and establish accepted social norms and behaviors. Therefore; women are represented negatively to undermine , marginalize and disparage them. A qualitative content analysis is conducted to show the ideologies behind the negative representation of women in the five most popular Iraqi television dramas. Women were negatively represented in these series as: weak, causes of conflict, and evil. They are also represented negatively as unreliable, properties of men, ignorant and as sex objects.
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