The impact of mass communication on Women

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Women are an essential instrument in society, but they have been neglected and discriminated against in the past. The women were seen as home keepers, and their only concern was to take care of the children at home and mend for their husbands. Nonetheless, women have seen a transformation since the invention of the mass media. The women have been fighting for their rights and to be included in various sectors of the industry. Thereby enabling them to grow socially and financially. Other people are also being influenced by helping women acquire their positions in society due to the effect of the media. Now, women from different points of the world can meet via social media and share their problems, intending to find solutions and advance themselves (Tamplin, Mclean & Paxton, 2018). Nonetheless, some researchers are opposing the change terming it as dangerous as it tends to magnify the women’s needs at the expense of the men. Women are slowly being empowered to take up more responsibilities in society and advance themselves due to social media’s influence.

According to Tamplin, Mclean & Paxton (2018), women have been used in spreading vices on social media. For Example, they use their body in advancing drinking habits and other undesired behavior in society. In the study, women and men are encouraged to increase their literacy skills on social media’s effects on adult’s body image. Nonetheless, some researchers have proven that Women are simply looking and continually advocating for inclusion in all sectors of the country to increase representation and reduce biasness. Therefore, the high number of women in politics and other sectors is rampantly growing due to their influence on social media. Any oppression of women is used on social media to influence more people to help in the campaigns.

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Tamplin, N. C., McLean, S. A., & Paxton, S. J. (2018). Social media literacy protects against the negative impact of exposure to appearance ideal social media images in young adult women but not men. Body Image, 26, 29-37.