Abstract
Media has strong influence over its audience and it plays significant role in
shaping public opinion and changing perceptions. New media is popular
form of media and it has great impact on their everyday life and engaged
them in different activities positively and negatively. But traditional media
still has its prominence, especially in rural areas where new media is still
struggling for its popularity. Pakistani Television drama is known for its
classic contents historically but private sector television drama has
changed its notion. Women in these dramas are negatively portrayed and
depicted them as a product. Role of women in these dramas are given
negative, they are shown weaker and dependent. On the other side, drama
script writing also needs some serious attention. Most of the time script
writers forgets the basic teachings of Islam. The current study will evaluate
how women are depicted in Pakistani drama and how script contents
violates basic teachings of religion. For this purpose, content analysis
method was used for data collection. On the basis of data collection suitable
recommendation are proposed.
Babrak Niaz. (2019) Depiction of Women and Islamic Teachings in Pakistani Drama, Pakistan Studies, Volume 10, Issue 2.
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