PORTRAYAL OF WOMEN IN INDIAN MEDIA

Media plays such a major role in the lives of human beings. Over the last decade, media has become a powerful tool that mirrors social life of commoners and celebrities. However, the role that media plays in portraying gender democracy is still a matter of debate. Media has a significant impact on how social and cultural norms relating to women form and evolve. Over the past couple of decades audiences have been exposed to women in strong and independent roles in the media. This propagates the sense that western modernity and increased presence of free market promotes gender equality in a India.

PORTRAYAL OF WOMEN IN DAILY SOAPS

  • It does seem a little bizarre to see contemporary TV serials and soaps projecting women more as models of expensive costumes, jewellery or heavy sarees. 
  • Moreover, the stereotypes used such as a wronged wife, a dominating mother-in-law, bitter relationships between sister-in-laws, portray women in conflicting roles.
  •  Also, daily soaps fail to include all the career options that are now being taken up by Indian women, new modes of lifestyle being adopted and remain stuck up in certain deep-rooted notions that are hard to be erased.
Mother-in-laws are often portrayed as ill wishers of the daughter-in-laws

PORTRAYAL OF WOMEN IN ADVERTISEMENTS

PAST SCENARIOPRESENT SCENARIO
1. In the past, women were portrayed as subjects of mockery and were allotted with submissive roles in television commercials. 1. In the present scenario, women are often shown playing lead roles in television commercials.
2. Women were deliberately depicted subordinate to their male counterparts. 2. Males and females are equally portrayed in brand endorsements.
3. The looks of a women were made use of, to endorse a product. Hence, females were said to be openly objectified in advertisements. 3. Women are rarely seen doing stereotypical roles, instead they are shown as heads of a family, position holders at workplace, achievers of glory in sports and ultimately independent.
TVC IN THE PAST ‘Stereotypical role’
CURRENT TVC – ‘Portrayal of gender equality’

PORTRAYAL OF WOMEN IN MOVIES

  • Bollywood has shaped and expressed the changing scenarios of modern India.
  • It has influenced the way in which people perceive various aspects of the society. 
  •  Despite the progress that bollywood films have made and the, things haven not changed much for Indian women, as objectification of women still continues in most of the Indian movies.
  • In many movies of present times, female characters are needlessly under represented. Also, publisizing vulgar lyrics and dances in the name of item songs is very derogatory for women.
  •  Women are shown as helpless victims or cunning villains. Generally, the lead hero is the one who solves everyone’s including heroine’s problems.
  • Movies depict actresses as unrealistically beautiful. This causes a lot of trauma and insecurity in the female audience. Laymen are generally unaware about the number of beautification surgeries and make up procedures which the actresses undergo to look perfect.
  • In movies, stalking and eve-teasing is depicted as love in Indian movies. In many movies, female characters are attracted towards these abusers. Due to this, several young men indulge into harassing women in the name of love.
Stalking and eve teasing is often normalized in Bollywood movies

In conclusion, we can say that media has successfully stereotyped women in a negative way. It is true that women’s participation and presentation has advanced in various dimensions of social and political life but we still have a long way to go. It is high time that we learn to voice our disapproval against such practices and stand up for positive portrayals of women. The real women inspirations of India shall be depicted on all such platforms.

The admirable women of India

Pirated Sites Make About $1.3 Billion per Year From Advertisement

Websites and apps including pilfered motion pictures and TV appears make almost $1.3 billion (generally Rs. 9,660 crores) from promoting each year, counting from major companies like Amazon, agreeing to a study. The robbery operations are too a key source of malware, and a few promotions put on the locales contain joins that programmers utilize to take individual data or conduct ransomware assaults, agreeing to the online security nonprofit Advanced Citizens Union and the anti-piracy firm White Bullet Solutions Whereas law requirement authorities have looked for to halt a few of the online culpability, the bunches distinguished at slightest 84,000 unlawful amusement locales.

The think about underscores fair how intense a issue robbery is for both Hollywood studios and companies that convey computerized promotions. The circumstance has been compounded by the COVID-19 widespread, which has cleared out more individuals observing movies and tv appears over the internet, where hoodlums have a more prominent chance of effectively focusing on victims. “Piracy causes coordinate hurt to makers and others who lose wage when their substance is stolen,” the creators of the report composed. “And major brands confront reputational dangers when their promoting shows up on unlawful websites.’ White Bullet decided the scope of promotion incomes for pirated substance by observing the foremost prevalent destinations and apps dynamic between June 2020 and May 2021. It sharpened in on approximately 6,000 locales and 900 apps and observed the notices that showed up.

Major brands accounted for around 4 percent of the promoting on the privateer websites and 24 percent of the advertisements on privateer apps, with Amazon, Facebook, and Google the biggest companies spoken to. The greatest chunk of promoting generally was within the shape of “sponsored content,” which frequently takes the frame of “clickbait” joins that see like they will lead to a news story or curiously video. Littler companies, grown-up substance and extortion and malware made up the rest of the ads. The promotions from major brands, in spite of the fact that a small parcel of the overall, are particularly problematic in ceasing pilfered substance locales from multiplying. They make the complete site show up more authentic, and can make clients more likely to tap on the false notices they show up other than, concurring to the consider.

Any promoting on privateer websites and apps is nearly certainly accidental, but there’s prove that companies can put a halt to it on the off chance that they’re watchful. An activity called the Dependable Responsibility Bunch cautioned Amazon to the volume of its promotions on privateer locales in early 2021, and the volume of promotions from the company on illicit locales dove all through the year, the report said. “Failure to select devices that evaluate robbery chance in real-time implies sponsors support offenders – and it’s a billion-dollar problem,” said Diminish Szyszko, CEO and Author of White Bullet, in an e-mail. “At best, typically careless. At most noticeably awful, typically consider financing of IP crime.”

Robbery may be expanding as Hollywood studios, adapting with a drop in theater participation amid the widespread, discharge modern movies online much prior than they would have within the past. Motion picture star Scarlett Johansson hailed robbery as a specific issue in her later claim against Walt Disney over the early online make a big appearance of her film Dark Widow. Facebook declined to comment on the report. Representatives for Amazon and Google didn’t instantly return demands for comments

BURJ KHALIFA: AMAZING FACTS

The Burj Khalifa height is a staggering 828 meters (2716.5 feet) tall, soaring over Dubai. It is three times as tall as the Eiffel Tower and nearly twice as tall as the Empire State Building. Laid end to end, its pieces stretch over a quarter of the way around the world. Its cloud-piercing height is one of the most impressive facts about Burj Khalifa.

Burj Khalifa
Burj Khalifa

The Burj Khalifa took six years to build. Foundational excavation work commenced in January 2004, and the tower was formally opened on January 4, 2010. However, the opening took place before the interior was completed. The Burj Khalifa was built by over 12000 workers, by the peak of construction.

Why famous?

It is famous because of:

  • Highest occupied floor in the world. 
  • The highest outdoor observation deck in the world. 
  • Elevator with the longest travel distance in the world. 
  • Tallest service elevator in the world.
View from the top of Burj Khalifa
View from the top of Burj Khalifa

The building has the longest single-running elevator, which is 140 floors. The Burj Khalifa elevator speed is 10 meters per second, making the elevators among the fastest in the world. The Burj Khalifa elevator time to reach the observation deck on the 124th floor is only one minute.

Flight attendant of Fly Emirates standing on the top of Burj Khalifa for their company advertisement
Flight attendant of Fly Emirates standing on the top of Burj Khalifa for their company advertisement

An advertisement shoot for the FLY EMIRATES recently took place in Burj Khalifa, where a flight attendant stood on the top, shuffling placards with different messages about the services of the airline. After the last placard, the camera zooms out and she is seen standing on top of 828-meter-high Burj Khalifa.

Watch the video here:

In the BTS video, The woman featured in the ad is heard saying ‘Hi mom, I’m on top of the world’. The video then shows a crew surrounding the model and attaching safety ropes. The video also shows how the ad was planned and executed.

Watch behind the scenes video here: