Representation of Women in the Family Group Programsi Radio of Iran Based on Critical Discourse Analysis

Regarding to facility of using radio, it is still one of the most important massmedia, in spite of the diversity and the attraction of the other media. Regarding to this issue that radio is an audio media, the transmission of meaning and materials to audiences chiefly performed by the program text. Therefore, the language of radio programs is very important. One of the subjects that the most networks are involved in, regarding to its importance, is family and women related subject. Regarding to the issue that women are half of the population of Iran and have an important role in family and society, too; so in this study, the structure of language in radio programs with the subject of family and women have been researched. To study this issue, we selected the family programs in the radio network. The aim of this study is determination of women's representation model in Iran radio program of family group. In fact, the research is based on these questions:Do this group's programs addressed to the women's problems? And then, is a positive picture presented or not? Whereas van levon (1996) and Ghiasian (1286) research the quality of actant's representation by sociological-meaning components, so to access to the aim of the study, we used van levon’s theoretical framework and its developing by Ghiasian. The methodology is critical discourse analysis. The findings demonstrate that the women’s presence is inconspicuous, or they totally omitted. On the other hand, when they posed, their identity was along side men. So, this active presence has given them a negative value.