A CRITIQUE OF CONSERVATIVE MEDIA EXPOSURE ON WOMEN: AN ANALAYSIS FROM THE CONCEPT OF WOMAN BY SYAYKH RAMAḌĀN SAʿĪD AL-BŪṬĪ

Naura Safira Salsabila Zain, Farah Hasballah

Abstract


In this modern era, the widespread social media trend has increased the issue of the gender gap, where men are portrayed as superior to women. Hence, this research aims to criticize the media exposure of women within conservative media based on the concept of women in Islam. This research will apply a qualitative methodology with an ethnographical approach. The data are collected from the content posted in social media, particularly Instagram, which tend to advocate the conservatism idea about women. This article will first discuss the notion of new media, concept of women in Islam, and the critics toward conservative media exposure on women. The critique will be divided into two major discussions; the content and methodology. The discussion is framed by the concept of women proposed by Shaykh Muḥammad Saʿīd Ramaḍān al-Būṭī, a prominent contemporary scholar, in his book ‘Al-Mar’a Bayna Ṭughyān Al-Niẓam Al-Gharbī Wa Laṭā’if Al-Tashrīʿ Al-Rabbānī. This research finds that there are some media managed by conservative groups that portray women as a source of fitna, impermissible, and unable to be leaders, implying that women’s rights are still marginalized compared to men.

Keywords: Women, gender gap, conservative, media

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