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Democracy is a system of government where people can control political power and media constitute the backbone of democracy. Media, the forth pillar of democracy is a communication channel through which news, education, entertainment, data or promotional massages are disseminated. But even in the globalization era media is not free from the so called socialization process of the society. Like the western feminist such as Shulamith Firestone, Kate Millet, Bretty Friedan there are also various Indians feminist writers like Ritu Menon, Kamala vasin, Kiran Prasad who have criticized the role of media towards women and representing them. Media’s role towards women is becoming the growing concern of the feminist writers, basically regarding participation and representation of women. The problem is not only deal with the representation of women in media but also the women journalists who deal with the women’s problems. Being a part of so called Indian patriarchal society the male journalists dominates the whole world of media to that extent that female journalist cannot concerned about the real problems of women. These problems are concerned in every type of media including Government control media, community centered media, or commercial media.