위성 TV가 UAE 여성의 성역할 인식 변화에 미치는 영향 - 위성 TV에 나타난 여성의 이미지에 대한 인식 조사를 중심으로

The Influence of Satellite TV on the Women"s Understanding about Changing Gender Role in UAE -With Special Reference to the Research on the Women"s Image in Satellite TV-

&nbsp;&nbsp;There are many factors in a social change. A society can be changed by a politician and the social change must be a inevitable and natural phenomenon. In Arab societies, most social changes have been led by the central government, which are the reformations from the top downwards. The reformations within the framework of tradition and convention which has been continued for the years is slow in process speed and suffer from the religious repulsion. Especially, as the social reformations policy related to women is a symbol of conservativeness in Gulf societies and a matter of extreme delicacy, it can be referred as a sacred precinct. Nevertheless, as some countries give the suffrage to women and create new jobs for women as the countermeasures for the increasing rate of women&quot;s non-marriage, the entry of women in public affairs is a current of the times in the open society referred as the globalization.<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;The discussion about the globalization in the modern society is a trend even in conservative Gulf States, and new media with high technology is an effective means to this globalization. According to H. Marshall Mcluhan, the father of modern media, modern media is an important part of signification process forming consciousness and thought of human being and it has been playing an influential role for socialization. New media represented as Internet and Satellite TV is one of the most powerful means which can influence the social reformations because it effects on value system and belief of social members, shifting social and cultural background. With all that recognition shift of members in the social change is a significant element and is required for a durable settlement, new media is a main factor influencing on reformation in this society.<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;This article focuses on the possibility in changing status of women in Gulf Society as a part of "Women&quot;s Participation in New Media and the Possibility of the Social Change in Gulf States" through satellite TV and Internet. A study on changing status of women through satellite TV is the subject in first year, and this article aims at describing the influence of satellite TV on UAE women and the possibility of the social change centered on stress on the result of field investigation.