Abstract
The study has been conducted to find out how Rohingya women are being portrayed in Bangladeshi newspapers. The Rohingya problem is one of the major problems in the world today. Naturally, Rohingya women are one of the biggest victims of this problem. The study has been conducted with several objectives such as getting an idea of how Rohingya women are being portrayed in the newspapers of Bangladesh, determining the relative rate of committing crime, vulnerability or success stories in the news reports about Rohingya women and gaining an idea of the socio-economic status of Rohingya women who came to Bangladesh as refugees from newspaper reports. The news items on Rohingya women have been analyzed in four leading newspapers in Bangladesh in terms of circulation. The news reports have been analyzed into three categories: crime, vulnerability and success. From the analyzed data we found that Bangladesh Pratidin, which has the largest circulation, published 72 news items regarding Rohingya women, Prothom Alo, the 2ndlargest circulated newspaper, published 37 news items, The Daily Jugantor published 76 news items and The Daily Star, the largest circulated English newspaper published 47 news items.
Highlights
The media is called the ‘mirror of society’
From the analyzed data we found that Bangladesh Pratidin, which has the largest circulation, published 72 news items regarding Rohingya women, Prothom more deplorable
Determining the relative rate of committing crime, titled ‘The Rohingya refugee issue: Differences in media vulnerability or success stories in news about framing in Bangladesh and India’ compared the Rohingya crisis in the news reports published in Bangladeshi and Indian newspapers categorizing the representations of Rohingyas
Summary
The media is called the ‘mirror of society’ It is sometimes called the ‘fourth pillar of the state’. It can play a strong role in setting the agenda of society. The Rohingya crisis is one of the most talkedabout issues in the world nowadays. According to the United Nations, the Rohingya are one of the most persecuted minorities in the world (UN, 2013). This is an internal matter of Myanmar, they have entered Bangladesh as refugees at different times after being tortured in their own country. The Rohingya crisis has a significant impact on the social, political and economic
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