![]() The depictions of Black women, on the other hand, are narrow and seem to revolve around the same themes including conflict with other Black women, dealing with cheating and disrespectful Black men, and that’s pretty much it. ![]() There are accomplished career women, stay-at-home mothers, musicians who’ve had varying levels of commercial success, and even actors (who were actually actors before joining reality show casts). But movies and television dramas and sitcoms are still being made, actors are still getting paid, just not Black actors.īlack women on reality television are not necessarily monolithic. They seem to be a good way to get ratings without having to pay actors. So, why are Black women so entertaining in “reality” but thought to be unable to garner an audience as actors? Reality shows have been around for decades but began to multiply exponentially over the last decade. This list is in no way meant to be exhaustive and does not include the many reality shows that rely on Black women for a great deal of their entertainment value, ranging from the now defunct Cheaters to Bad Girls Club. There are also shows like Black Ink Crew, Thicker Than Water, and Preachers of L.A. Some of the shows that focus primarily on Black women are The Real Housewives of Atlanta, Love & Hip Hop and Love & Hip Hop Atlanta, The New Atlanta, and Married to Medicine. We’ve gone from Tammy on the pilot season of The Real World to Tammy translating her renewed popularity on Basketball Wives into her own reality show. The sheer number of reality programs on television today makes it difficult to determine if we are in some way “overrepresented,” however, Black women have been entertaining American households through this genre from its inception and continue to do so today. It is observed that they are portrayed as powerless, weak, whiny and under male dominance, or class- and power-focused, wealthy, ambitious, dominant and intriguing and with beautiful physicalities.While Black women are clearly underrepresented in films and on prime time comedies and dramas, the same cannot be said of our representation on reality television. This study aims to assess the perception of woman in TV series followed by a great majority of public from woman's perspective and examine the presented perception through comparison with the real-life woman's figure, and these research questions were asked such below: 1) How do you think are women portrayed in domestic TV series? 2) What extent is that model of woman authentic with the real life? 3) What would you say when asked to characterize the women that you have viewed in the series? 4) Do the economic statuses of the women portrayed in TV series correspond to those in the real life? 5) How should the woman's figure be in those series when considering its potential implications in the society? Findings and Conclusion: As a result of this study, it was observed that there are limited similarities between the serial female characters and the real life figures. The Study's Aim and Research Questions: In today's broadcasting, TV series have great importance. The relevant resources in literature were also reviewed and the woman's figure in TV series was examined. From woman's perspective, 10 women professionals got involved in the research conducted on the portrayal of perception of women and its comparison with the real-life woman's figure and their responses were analyzed using the qualitative research methods. ![]() Stewart and Cash (1985) described interviewing as "a process of dyadic, relational communication with a predetermined and serious purpose designed to interchange behavior and involving the asking and answering of questions". ![]() The Research Method: In this study, out of Qualitative Research Methods, the method of interviewing was applied. This study intends to raise awareness in resetting and redesigning women's roles in TV series. In this study, the aim is to identify the authenticity of the woman's roles portrayed in the series with the real life and make comparison of with the real-life woman's figure as well as to review the image of woman from woman's perspective, which is represented to the public and determine to what extent this image can be perceived as role model. Aim and Importance of the Study: TV series play a key role in shaping the society. ![]()
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