Nieman Lab: Social media is distorting the representation of women in Africa. Here’s what can be done about it

Nieman Lab: Social media is distorting the representation of women in Africa. Here’s what can be done about it. “I conducted research into feminist ethics in the age of new media in Africa. I found that little has changed. The new media continues in the ways of the old conventional media — that is, it supports patriarchy and negative portrayal of women. Women still don’t have any agency in the way the mass media represents them. They become images of old, fixed ideas about femininity and masculinity. They serve dominant ideas about capitalism and consumerism. The media environment continues to keep women down.”