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MEDIA AND WOMEN HEALTH IN INDIA

Journal: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF RESEARCH -GRANTHAALAYAH (Vol.4, No. 4)

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Page : 41-44

Keywords : Women health; Media role; Stereo typing; Body images.;

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Abstract

Health Communication is an important domain in communication arena aims at disseminating health messages to the public. In this study the role of media in giving health information to women is analysed. The portrayal of women in media, the impact it creates on the minds of women, both urban and rural background is scrutinised separately. The responsibility of media in the rural health of women is critically studied and media's role in Idealising body images in the mind of urban women is also analysed.

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