Conflict Analysis of News reporting about Women in the Kashmir Daily, Greater Kashmir

The print media including the regional newspapers are relied upon by the people as credible sources of information, education and entertainment. Various studies on print media all across the globe have shown that in the past few years there has been an improved and increased reportage of issues regarding women in the media particularly in the print. News related to women is now increasingly occupying important slot. Based on a content analysis of an English daily newspaper, Greater Kashmir, this paper examines how women’s issues get portrayed. It also focuses on the coverage made by the newspaper regarding women’s issues. The kinds of situation Kashmiri Women live in; the regional newspaper holds an utmost importance in preserving the data on the status of women.

Keywords:
Women, Media, Kashmir, Violence , Suicide, Rape, Molestation, Reports, Coverage, Newspaper, Print media, Information, symbolizations, masculinity, silence, spaces, representation