A first for women in the kingdom: Arab/west representations of female trendsetters in Saudi Arabia

Kaufer, David S.; Almalki, Amal

doi:10.1386/jammr.2.1and2.113/1

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“…On the other hand, this very fact may have prompted media discussion of women's participation in the labor force and the economy. A newspaper analysis of Arab and Western representations of female trendsetters in Saudi Arabia showed that “the largest single concentration of stories (27) in [a] sample of 214 stories was about Saudi businesswomen” (Kaufer and Al-Malki 2009, 115). Saudi female students also outnumber male students in the fields of business and economics (Buttorff, Al Lawati, and Welborne 2018, 71), which likely contributes to the high share of empowerment coverage that focuses on economics.…”

Section: Empirical Results and Discussionmentioning

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Between Uniformity and Polarization: Women’s Empowerment in the Public Press of GCC States

Müller

Camia

2022

Pol & Gen

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The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) states have increased their promotion of women in public life. The expansion of women's rights in these states functions as a central policy tool to stimulate modernization processes. This article investigates how the Gulf governments steer women's empowerment through the press. Regulated by the state, media outlets in GCC countries primarily serve to affirm and amplify the legitimacy of the government. Focusing on 15 English-language newspapers from 2008 to 2017, this article analyzes the degree to which women's empowerment in various arenas of society was addressed and the valence with which it was reported. Moreover, it analyzes whether foreign and domestic news were addressed differently. The article finds that once nondemocracies focus on women's rights, positive media portrayals, especially of domestic news, become central for legitimizing both women's empowerment and the regime. The article contributes to the growing literature on women's rights legislation and the state-media nexus in autocracies.

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Section: Empirical Results and Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Between Uniformity and Polarization: Women’s Empowerment in the Public Press of GCC States

Müller

Camia

2022

Pol & Gen

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“…Speakers have choices in the words they use and choose language to represent not only the world, as they understand it, but also in how they wish to construct it. 29 This link between linguistic behavior and worldview has important implications for our study. Controlling the terms of discussion-shaping discourse-is critical in persuasion and influence.…”

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Measuring the Popular Resonance of Daesh’s Propoganda

Marcellino¹,

Cragin²,

Mendelsohn³

et al. 2017

JSS

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We describe an innovative approach to social media analysis, combining corpus linguists and statistical methods to measure the resonance of Daesh's propaganda to a sample population (Eqypt). The findings from this research effort demonstrate that: (1) Daesh's messaging is measurable and distinct from other Salafi groups, such as the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood; (2) while Daesh's messaging generally do not resonate with Egyptians, its uptake increased in Upper Egypt and the Sinai regions during 2014; and (3) this method can be applied more broadly to measure the spread of violent extremist messaging across regional populations over time.

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“…A reasonable number of case studies describing women in the Middle East propose that women have a positive outlook toward religion's role in their lives, in that women do not feel constrained by Islam (Gallant and Pounder, 2008;Kaufer and Al-Malki, 2009;Al-Dajani and Marlow, 2010;Madichie and Gallant, 2012), as opposed to previous studies describing religion as an obstacle (Dechant and Al-Lamky, 2005;Redien-Collot et al, 2017). Similarly, researchers have recognized that the normative macro-level institutions (for example, women being prohibited from traveling or interacting with the opposite gender without a male chaperone) are not perceived as religious matters per se.…”

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Women’s entrepreneurship in the GCC: a literature analysis from a socio-cultural perspective

Boinin¹

2023

JEC

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Purpose This paper aims to explore the crucial role of socio-cultural factors in the entrepreneurial experiences of women in the Gulf region. Design/methodology/approach A focused qualitative systematic analysis of 65 published articles was conducted to present existing approaches to studying women's entrepreneurship in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) and identify the key socio-cultural factors impacting women's entrepreneurial realities. Findings It was found that gender roles, family influence, social networking and religion are among the most significant factors influencing the entrepreneurial experiences of women in the GCC. Research limitations/implications It was found that the region's prevalent social norms, vis-à-vis how gender roles are defined and practiced, greatly influence the lived experiences of women entrepreneurs. The role of family support (or lack thereof) and the access to networking opportunities to start and grow ventures significantly affect women's entrepreneurial successes. The findings also point to the overarching ideological and practical guidance, Islam is believed to offer, on how life in general and businesses, in particular, should be conducted. Originality/value The paper contributes to the burgeoning literature on women's entrepreneurship in the Gulf by promoting context-dependent knowledge. In particular, the findings highlight the importance of critical and nuanced evaluation of existing theories of gender and entrepreneurship. The examination can help policymakers develop more effective and inclusive entrepreneurship policies in the region.

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A first for women in the kingdom: Arab/west representations of female trendsetters in Saudi Arabia

Cited by 9 publications

References 6 publications

Between Uniformity and Polarization: Women’s Empowerment in the Public Press of GCC States

Between Uniformity and Polarization: Women’s Empowerment in the Public Press of GCC States

Measuring the Popular Resonance of Daesh’s Propoganda

Women’s entrepreneurship in the GCC: a literature analysis from a socio-cultural perspective

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