This study explores the representation of women in Nadine Labaki’s films: Caramel (2007), Where Do We Go Now (2011), and Capernaum (2018). It examines the three films via Laura Mulvey’s theory of the male gaze and analyzes the position that the female occupies in the narrative structure and their treatment within the cinematic discourse. This thesis aims at proving that although Nadine Labaki is often referred to by critics as a feminist filmmaker dealing with women’s issues, obsessions, concerns, and difficulties, as they face patriarchal society, her image, form, narration, and ...

This study tackles the impact of self portrayal on Instagram on body image and self-esteem. Social media platforms have now become extremely diversified, having both positive and negative effects. Framing theory and hyper reality were used to help explain how social media platforms have made reality so hard to achieve by framing what they want to highlight and keeping a lot in the darkness. The quantitative research methodology was used because it is objective, and relies on concrete numbers which helps remove bias from the research. Results showed that the hypotheses stated weren’t completely ...