REPRESENTATION OF WOMEN LEADERS IN FILM

Abstract

This study focuses on representation of women leaders in The Post film. The aim of this research is to explore how this film represents women as leaders through characters construction of women as a leader in media corporate. Method used in this study is semiotic by Roland Barthes's model, which uses a two-stage interpretation system, denotation and connotation. The film released in 2017, is a biographical film about leader of first women publisher The Washington Post in United States. The results showed that women in the film depicted can be leaders based on family-owned company inheritance. Women are represented indecisively and cannot make decisions. Men are represented as controllers of women's decisions and thoughts.