Impact of Media on Role of Muslim Women in Politics

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Literature Review
Introduction
Political involvement may be the responsibility of one towards the community. The social
group's participation ranges from choice to legal status or decision making or being the Head of
State. It depends on the social circle. In the field of politics, there has been collective male
domination in a conservative, prohibitive and antagonistic manner. Muslim history gives women
examples for each of these positions. In many nations, political participation has gone entirely
distinct types in the past few centuries, not because of modifications to the inner scheme of
politics but jointly because of the general global situation.
'It is challenging for a woman to make up her mind to enter politics. Once she makes up her
mind, then she has to prepare her husband and her children and her family. Once she has
overcome all these obstacles and applies for the ticket, then the male aspirants against whom she
is applying makeup all sorts of stories about her. And after all, this, when her name goes to the
party bosses, they do not select her name because they fear to lose that seat.'
The quotation from Sushma Swaraj (Union Minister of Foreign Affairs) provides a realistic
picture that while females get into politics in India, they encounter so many issues and critical
issues.
This literature review aims to critically analyze the topic of the impact of the media towards the
role of Muslim women at the field of politics in India based on the works of several esteemed
authors. This topic is essential since it is the fundamental right of Muslim women towards
participation in politics. The review of the literature furthermore explores the proactive role of

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media to break the barriers and change the societal view towards Muslim women participating in
politics.
Importance of the topic
This section of the paper will analyze the significance of the impact of the media regrading the
role of women belonging from Muslim community in politics within India in the light of articles
by several authors.
According to the research paper, “Participation of women in Indian politics and the role of
media”, media is one of the critical tools that help in shaping the perspective and the mindset of
the entire nation. The author emphasized the importance of media to influence the participation
of Muslim women in politics by stating how the lack of understanding affects the women to
claim their political rights (Alam 2015). In the research paper, “Getting Foothold in Politics”, the
author attempted to highlight the degree of the participation of women within the decision
making process within the political scenario of India (Patel 2018). The research illustrated how
media influenced the role of women in the political field and helped in gaining a lot of
prominences, resulting in the execution of essential decisions for the betterment of the
community of Indian Muslim female. “WOMEN'S ISSUES IN INDIA: ROLE AND
IMPORTANCE OF MEDIA” emphasized the importance of Indian media in the current dated
scenario, which includes communication with highly biased information. According to the
research study by the author, the portrayal of women, specifically belonging to the Muslim
Society, has majorly been unattended (Ojha 2011). There furthermore lies a wide gap that exists
within the policies, the legislation and some of the other related mechanism that media can

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address. In the research paper, "Women’s political participation in Asia and the Pacific”,
illustrated the movement regarding the equity of global gender and its effect over the degree of
participation related to politics of women in Asian countries (True et al. 2012). The research
study highlighted how the lack of media influences is resulting in the neglect of public speaking
information regarding political participation of Muslim women. Furthermore, in the research
paper, "The Information Deficit: Use of Media in Deliberative Democracy”, the authors analyzed
the effect of social media as one of the critical sources of information. This study by the authors
argued over the analysis of the media role together with their participation in the daily life of the
citizens before the analysis of its influence over the Indian Muslim women in the field of politics
(Bhattacharjee and Chattopadhyay 2011).
Theories, models and evidence
In the context of methods, approaches and evidence, there are lot many authors discussing the
role of media towards Muslim women political participation and the resulted effect over the
social world.
In the research paper, “Political Participation of Muslim Women”, the author provided a detailed
account of the political participation of Muslim women in India. The authors of the study
undertook a doctrinal methodology in their research study for the provision of comprehensive
statement for the irregularities of political participation among Muslims (Shukla and Shukla
1996). In the research, “The Information Deficit: Use of Media in Deliberative Democracy”, the
authors provided an acuity over how the proceedings of a gram (villages) take place in West
Bengal of India. The authors of the study used primary research methodology to collect 40