Portrayal of gender-based violence in the media of Bangladesh : the case of Rumana Monzur
department or school: Arts and Social Sciences, Irving K. Barber Faculty of (Okanagan)
data provider: DSpace
degree campus: UBCO
creator: Akter Anni, Zerrin
issued: 2024-09-04T18:52:23Z
issued: 2024
related degree: Master of Arts - MA
degree grantor: University of British Columbia
description: Media plays a crucial role in shaping narratives about gender-based violence through its portrayal, framing, and dissemination of information. Media depiction of intimate partner violence (IPV) cases reveals the pervasive patriarchal, social and cultural norms and values. Drawing on the case study of Rumana Monzur, a former UBC Fulbright scholar from Bangladesh who suffered a violent assault by her ex-husband, I use an ethnographic content analysis method to explore how the Bangladeshi news media portrays intimate partner violence and the victims of such violence. The findings of my data analysis are twofold: Firstly, news media employed sensationalized and victim-blaming narratives of Rumana Monzur’s case that perpetuate symbolic forms of violence by reinforcing the harmful social and cultural stereotypes in media. Second, as the discussion around the case continued, the news media shifted from victim-blaming to a victim-centred sympathetic narrative to represent Monzur as a survivor and advocate for women's rights. This reconstruction of the victim-centred approach reflects the significance of a broader transition in media representation of victims of violence shaped by the influence of global feminist movements and transnational solidarity for women's rights in Bangladesh.
aggregated CHO: https://circle.library.ubc.ca/rest/handle/2429/89159
note: PORTRAYAL OF GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE IN THE MEDIA OF BANGLADESH: THE CASE OF RUMANA MONZUR by Zerrin Akter Anni BSS, University of Dhaka, 2017 A THESIS SUBMITTED IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF ARTS in THE COLLEGE OF GRADUATE STUDIES (Interdisciplinary Studies) (Power, Conflict and Ideas) THE UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA (Okanagan) August 2024 ©Zerrin Akter Anni, 2024ii The following individuals certify that they have read, and recommend to the College of Graduate Studies for acceptance, the thesis entitled: Portrayal of Gender-Based Violence in The Media of Bangladesh: The Case of Rumana Monzur submitted by Zerrin Akter Anni in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts Dr. Deana Simonetto, Irving K. Barber Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences Supervisor Dr. Margaret Carlyle, Irving K. Barber Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences Supervisory Committee Member Dr. Ondine Park, Irving K. Barber Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences Supervisory Committee Member Dr. Jennifer Gustar, Faculty of Creative and Critical Studies University Examiner iii Abstract Media plays a crucial role in shaping narratives about gender-based violence through its portrayal, framing, and dissemination of information. Media depiction of intimate partner violence (IPV) cases reveals the pervasive patriarchal, social and cultural norms and values. Drawing on the case study of Rumana Monzur, a former UBC Fulbright scholar from Bangladesh who suffered a violent assault by her ex-husband, I use an ethnographic content analysis method to explore how the Bangladeshi news media portrays intimate partner violence and the victims of such violence. The findings of my data analysis are twofold: Firstly, news media employed sensationalized and victim-blaming narratives of Rumana Monzur’s case that perpetuate symbolic forms of violence by reinforcing the harmful social and cultural stereotypes in media. Second, as the discussion around the case…
has type: Thesis/Dissertation
date issued: 2024-11
is shown at: 10.14288/1.0445307
language: eng
degree discipline: Interdisciplinary Studies
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
publisher: University of British Columbia
rights: Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
rights URI: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
scholar level: Graduate
contributor: Simonetto, Deana
type: Text
identifier URI: http://hdl.handle.net/2429/89159