Abstract
Human competence in its multiple dimensions always remains under debate
in healthy and civilized societies. Morally and religiously, private life of the
individuals is duly esteemed in terms of its sanctity until and unless it poses
a grave threat to public interest. In certain societies and regions like the
sub-continent, private life of the public figures remains under discussion in
the media discourse to capture, manipulate and adjust the public opinion
or achieve multifaceted invested agendas. In the field of language and
gender a narrative has been set that the private life of a public woman is
more vulnerable to public discourse than that of a man of the same status.
She is not just taken as a public figure but her life is open to any kind of
public discourse especially in the media. Present study explores the similar
reflection in the media discourse of Indian English newspaper about Hina
Rabbani Kher’s visit to India. The editorial is analyzed within the
qualitative research paradigm through the theoretical framework of sexual
objectification furnished by Fredickson and Roberts (1997).
Fouzia Rehman Khan, Samreen Zaheer, Muhammad Abdullah. (2017) Gender Discriminations In Media Discourse: An Analytical Study, The Women - Annual Research Journal of Gender Studies, Volume-09, Issue-1.
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