News is what’s happening right now, this very moment, around me and around you, about the people surrounding you. Women make up half the world’s population; do they not deserve their own news section? There are many different news stations and each has its own point of view. One of the many popular ones is CNN (Cable News Network), which is a U.S. cable news channel founded in 1980 by Ted Turner. Upon its launch, CNN was the first channel to provide 24-hour television news coverage, and the first all-news television channel in the United States. CNN came out with its news website CNN.com on August 30, 1995. The site attracted growing interest over its first decade and is now one of the most popular news websites in the world. The online version is separated in topics; one of them is “Women’s Issues.”
“Women’s Issues” is successful because it focuses solely on women, globally. They discuss mostly women’s rights around the world. It empowers women on a global level. As Rebecca Richards Bullen shows us in “The Power and Impact of Gender-Specific Media Literacy” that images in the media are “powerful and pervasive.” If women and young girls are bombarded with images and news stories about accomplishments being made by females around the world to obtain more women’s rights, then maybe young girls would be encouraged to follow pursuit also.
Bullen also states that “Through girl-specific media literacy, an analysis of images and critical discussions, girls take the power from media to define them and put it into their own hands.” If there were more popular sites like CNN that had a whole section dedicated to women, and the world was informed of what was happening to women then women would have a more vital role in society. One country see’s another country giving rights to women, and then women in another country that don’t have those rights will fight to obtain them. It’s a chain reaction, but we need more media to focus on women’s rights. It needs to be put on the spotlight around the world. If young girls see this, they will feel empowered.
I definitely agree that more news companies would have sections geared towards women in a positive light. Where women could control what is being said or seen about them. This would not only give women more power, but they would have more confidence and strength to reach further goals they may have.
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