Thesis (MA--Communication Studies) -- Auckland University of Technology, 2003. / Also held in print (159 leaves, 30 cm.) in Wellesley Theses Collection (T 302.23082 CHE)

Mass media is often seen as the major socialisation agent in this era. It regulates and reinforces the behaviour of people. It moulds people to operate within the prevailing social environment. If these powers claimed for the mass media are universal, they can be very useful in the settlement processes of new comers to our country.This thesis research the alleged powers of mass media among a distinct social group, new female residents of Taiwanese origin who do not have English as their first language. With the assistance of the Taiwanese Women's Association, the researcher collected thirty questionnaires and conducted four in-depth interviews from their members and friends.The findings of research suggest that female television consumption patterns identified by Morley and Hobson are not fully applicable to this group of women. The improvements of technology and accessibility provided new conditions for the power relations and consumption patterns of these women.Although the women in this research did use mass media to enhance their settlement processes in New Zealand, mass media did not seem to have a dominant influence on their settlement process immediately after their arrival. Other Taiwanese who have been living in New Zealand were the main source of information and social activities. The importance of mass media grew as these women spent more time in New Zealand. They reported using media products to acquire information about New Zealand and to improve their English. However different media categories seemed to influence the social life of these women differently. High users of local free to air television programs responded to the social questions more negatively than high users of other media categories. At the same time, those who used predominantly Chinese Satellite television responded themost positively. It leads to the speculation that exposure to local television content may hinder their settlement processes.The lack of English language skills was a factor that constantly surfaced in this research. While these women did use English language media, their level of understanding is problematic. Subsequently, some women used Chinese language media to supplement the information gap. However the importance and use of ethnic media for diasporic communities is problematised because of accessibility and quality issues.Migrant settlement is conceptualised in different ways. It changes with the social ideology of the country and the time. The findings of this research suggest that universal settlement indicators may not be applicable to these women. More significantly, the women seem to see that successful settlement is not a pre-requisite of happiness. While these women may not have a high level of integration into the wider communities, the Taiwanese communities are sufficiently large enough to deliver a range of services to satisfy their social needs.In the course of this research, the researcher realised that a range of personal and social reasons influenced the settlement process and the media consumption patterns of these women. The findings did help to promote understanding these women; they also left more questions to be explored.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Texas at Austin, 2005. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references.

The Government of Botswana recognises the important role that women can play in the economic development of the country, particularly in the agricultural sector, with respect to food security at both household and national levels. The study sought to investigate how women in agriculture are represented in the Botswana Agrinews Magazine. Moreover, it sought to establish whether, and how, messages conveyed to audience by the Botswana Agrinews Magazine promote any type of social or economic interaction between farming communities, individuals and/or government and other stakeholders. The sources of data were the articles that reported on women farmers from the sample of the Botswana Agrinews Magazine, over 24 months, that is, from January 2012 to December 2013. This magazine under study is a government publication targeting the broad Botswana farming community. Critical discourse analysis revealed that women farmers participated in events associated with commercial horticultural farming, dry land farming (field crop production), in the arable farming sector, at Consumer Fairs and Regional Agricultural shows for Commercial Farmers respectively, as well as in pastoral farming sector events at Agricultural shows. They also participated in the arable farming sector agricultural activities for commercial horticultural farmers and those for subsistence dry land farming. Furthermore, the results revealed that women farmers encountered constraints in the different ventures, they undertook in both arable and pastoral farming. However, the reports showed that they received support from the government and/or other stakeholders to counteract their constraints. Furthermore, the analysis identified the coverage on the themes of (1) arable farming, (2) pastoral farming, (3) integrated farming, and (4) attitudes of both women in agriculture and Ministry of Agriculture workers, which promoted women farmers’ participation in the agricultural sector.

Chen Yang. / "August 2004." / Thesis (Ph.D.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2004. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 359-378). / Electronic reproduction. Hong Kong : Chinese University of Hong Kong, [2012] System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader. Available via World Wide Web. / Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest Information and Learning Company, [200-] System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader. Available via World Wide Web. / Mode of access: World Wide Web. / Abstracts in English and Chinese.

冼韻姬. / "2004年7月". / "性別研究及傳播學課程". / 論文(哲學碩士)--香港中文大學, 2004. / 附參考文獻. / 附中英文摘要. / "2004 nian 7 yue". / "Xing bie yan jiu ji chuan bo xue ke cheng". / Xian Yunji. / Lun wen (zhe xue shuo shi)--Xianggang Zhong wen da xue, 2004. / Fu can kao wen xian. / Fu Zhong Ying wen zhai yao. / 論文摘要 / Chapter 第一章 --- 引言 --- p.1-7 / Chapter ´Ø --- 硏究範圍 / Chapter ´Ø --- 本土性別文化議題 / Chapter ´Ø --- 硏究目的及重要性 / Chapter ´Ø --- 論文結構 / Chapter 第二章 --- 文獻回顧 --- p.8-27 / Chapter ´Ø --- 社會建構主義 / Chapter ´Ø --- 語言構建性別 / Chapter ´Ø --- 隱藏的弱勢 / Chapter ´Ø --- 論述定義 / Chapter ´Ø --- 論述理論 / Chapter ´Ø --- 論述變革 / Chapter 第三章 --- 硏究設計 --- p.28-35 / Chapter ´Ø --- 設計原則 / Chapter ´Ø --- 抽樣原則 / Chapter ´Ø --- 師奶用語系譜 / Chapter ´Ø --- 電視論述 / Chapter ´Ø --- 日常生活論述 / Chapter 第四章 --- 分析 / 起源 --- p.36-42 / Chapter ´Ø --- 師奶的起源 / Chapter ´Ø --- 師奶的使用方式 / Chapter ´Ø --- 師奶的意味 / 隱沒 --- p.43-73 / Chapter ´Ø --- 隱沒於經濟發展 / Chapter ´Ø --- 師奶的脫節生活 / Chapter ´Ø --- 隱沒於居住空間 / Chapter ´Ø --- 電視的文化對焦 / Chapter ´Ø --- 師奶的替身 / Chapter ´Ø --- 師奶的典型共相 / Chapter ´Ø --- 師奶「騎呢化」 / Chapter ´Ø --- 師奶瑣碎化 / Chapter ´Ø --- 電視文本在生活 / Chapter ´Ø --- 原始師奶 / Chapter ´Ø --- 八婆師奶 / Chapter ´Ø --- 隱形師奶 / 再現 --- p.74-100 / Chapter ´Ø --- 再現的年代脈絡 / Chapter ´Ø --- 師奶的舊調再現 / Chapter ´Ø --- 師奶的重生？ / Chapter ´Ø --- 論述迴響 / Chapter ´Ø --- 論述蛻變 / Chapter ´Ø --- 誇越性別 / Chapter ´Ø --- 誇越年齡 / Chapter ´Ø --- 師奶與女強人 / Chapter ´Ø --- 日常裡的師奶仔 / Chapter ´Ø --- 生活中的幸福師奶 / Chapter ´Ø --- 顛覆本錢 / Chapter 第五章 --- 總結：師奶的約束與解放 --- p.101-111 / Chapter ´Ø --- 師奶論述的運作 / Chapter ´Ø --- 隱現的性別價値 / Chapter ´Ø --- 再現的論述解放 / Chapter ´Ø --- 弱勢電視與多元性別 / Chapter ´Ø --- 約束與解放 / 參考資料 / 附錄 / Chapter 一、 --- 被訪者資料 / Chapter 二、 --- 人口統計資料 / Chapter 三、 --- 電視文本硏究資料

Thesis (M.A.) -- University of Texas at Arlington, 2008.

The burgeoning of a new print form—the women’s press—in early twentieth-century China signaled a radical transformation in the ways of women’s literary and cultural production. This dissertation focuses on the discursive and imaginative space afforded by the women’s press. It explores in the women’s journals the processes of knowledge production and circulation that re/formulated the notions of gender and national identity. I examine writings by women and also by men writing in a feminine voice or assuming a female identity. In addition, I include writings that deploy “woman” as a trope through which authors express concerns of national salvation, social transformation, or Chinese modernization. The dissertation shows how experiences and expressions of “modernity” intersect with women’s print culture, and how the women’s press mediates a mixed gendered space for both women and men authors to bring into light a wide range of concerns at a critical historical juncture as Chinese modernity unfolded. How and why did women collaborate, reconcile, or contest with men in their writings or debates on themes related to feminine literary tradition, nationalism, feminism, ethnicity, and the female body to envision and construct “modern” Chinese women? In order to answer these questions, this thesis examines in the women’s press the multifarious writings by various groups of women, including “traditionally” literate women, “progressive” feminist activists, “ethnic” Manchu women reformers, “new-style” urban professionals, and “modern” female students. By reexamining prevailing assumptions regarding the relationship between Chinese feminism and nationalism, the “modern” production of women’s literature, and the masculinist formation of the New Woman, this analysis seeks to both highlight women’s agency and subjectivities in their political and cultural engagements and to illustrate the complexity and multivalence in the imaginings of modern Chinese women. Throughout, I argue that the women’s press provides a productive site for us to understand gender, women’s writing, and modernity in late Qing and early Republican China. / published_or_final_version / Modern Languages and Cultures / Doctoral / Doctor of Philosophy

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Thesis (M.A.). / Written for the Dept. of Art History and Communication Studies. Title from title page of PDF (viewed 2008/03/12). Includes bibliographical references.