The portrayal of women in Malaysian magazine :a case study on cleo

This study aims to identify the portrayal of women in Malaysian media (Cleo Magazines 2006) which is grounded on feminism. The objectives of this study are to find terms (noun/noun phrase, verb/verb phrase and adjectives) used to describe women and to evaluate the existence of sexist discourse in th...

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Main Author: Erlinda, Mikal
Format: Final Year Project Report / IMRAD
Language:English
English
Published: Faculty of Cognitive Sciences and Human Development. 2008
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description This study aims to identify the portrayal of women in Malaysian media (Cleo Magazines 2006) which is grounded on feminism. The objectives of this study are to find terms (noun/noun phrase, verb/verb phrase and adjectives) used to describe women and to evaluate the existence of sexist discourse in the language used based on the feminist theory. It is a case study using discourse analysis at the word and phrase level, particularly based on systemic functional grammar. The findings showed that the terms used to describe women in the magazine were either neutral or non-neutral (sexist) terms. It also showed that sexist discourse especially exclusive terms for female existed in the language used in the magazines.
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spelling unimas-42212024-04-25T07:51:47Z http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/4221/ The portrayal of women in Malaysian magazine :a case study on cleo Erlinda, Mikal L Education (General) P Philology. Linguistics This study aims to identify the portrayal of women in Malaysian media (Cleo Magazines 2006) which is grounded on feminism. The objectives of this study are to find terms (noun/noun phrase, verb/verb phrase and adjectives) used to describe women and to evaluate the existence of sexist discourse in the language used based on the feminist theory. It is a case study using discourse analysis at the word and phrase level, particularly based on systemic functional grammar. The findings showed that the terms used to describe women in the magazine were either neutral or non-neutral (sexist) terms. It also showed that sexist discourse especially exclusive terms for female existed in the language used in the magazines. Faculty of Cognitive Sciences and Human Development. 2008 Final Year Project Report / IMRAD NonPeerReviewed text en http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/4221/1/The%20portrayal%20of%20women%20in%20Malaysian%20magazine%20%3B%20a%20case%20study%20on%20Cleo%20%2824%20pages%29.pdf text en http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/4221/14/Erlinda%20Mikal%20ft.pdf Erlinda, Mikal (2008) The portrayal of women in Malaysian magazine :a case study on cleo. [Final Year Project Report / IMRAD] (Unpublished)
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P Philology. Linguistics
Erlinda, Mikal
The portrayal of women in Malaysian magazine :a case study on cleo
title The portrayal of women in Malaysian magazine :a case study on cleo
title_full The portrayal of women in Malaysian magazine :a case study on cleo
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title_full_unstemmed The portrayal of women in Malaysian magazine :a case study on cleo
title_short The portrayal of women in Malaysian magazine :a case study on cleo
title_sort portrayal of women in malaysian magazine :a case study on cleo
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P Philology. Linguistics
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