Role of Instagram in Promoting Extravagant Wedding Trends: An Analysis of Social Pressures on the Middle Class

Presenting Strategy Suggestions with DEMATEL Method for Reducing Waste in the Public

“…Batool vd. [25] çalışmalarında kitle iletişim araçlarından birinin israfa etkisini incelemek suretiyle farklı bir çalışma sunarlar. Buna göre Lahor'un orta sınıf genç yetişkinleri arasında israfa varan düğün trendlerini teşvik etmede Instagram'ın rolünü ortaya koymaya çalışmışlardır.…”

Unraveling the Threads Controlling Pakistan's Gendered Nation-Building Ideology

“…[22] Further, when it comes to social norms and decision-making within society, a woman in Pakistan does not have the same rights to remarry as a man either. [23] Thus pointing to how colonial patriarchy is the key to nation-building ideology through gendered control.…”

“…[39] Using the same hegemonic culture, the ruling intellectual elite shapes society's norms and values, and by doing so, they maintain their status and control over what people 'should be' normal and acceptable. [40] This theory of ruling elite hegemony can also be applied to the role of a woman within the construct of a Pakistani marriage also naturalized visually on television, via advertisements and on social media in line with prevailing domesticity ideals. These are pervasive, ensuring women relate to each other only by conforming socially, politically and culturally to how the ideal woman should present herself as married women.…”