PRINT MEDIA AGENDA FOR THE GOVERNMENT STANCE ON COMPOSITE DIALOGUE WITH INDIA

Authors

  • Kasim Sharif University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
  • Qasim Mahmood Media & Communication Studies Department, National University of Modern Languages, Islamabad, Pakistan
  • Attia Zulfiqar Media & Studies Department, National University of Modern Languages, Islamabad, Pakistan

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.52567/pjsr.v5i01.1030

Abstract

Media is playing an important role in portraying Pak-India relations. In the process of supporting or rejecting the issue, the media can set its agenda for this purpose. The study is basically a content analysis of Pakistani Urdu newspapers. It has examined the coverage of “Composite Dialogue between Pakistan and India” in the two Urdu Dailies – The Jang and The Nawa i Waqt from 1st. October 2018 to 30th September 2019 makes the period of one year. The analysis of 2495 stories from two Urdu newspapers suggests that the overall stance of the government of Pakistan on the war on terror is supported by the Pakistani press. Thus, it supports the main hypothesis that the approach of the Pakistani press is more favorable than unfavorable towards the Pakistani government's stance on Composite Dialogue with.

Keywords: Print Media Agenda, Composite Dialogue, India, Pakistan

Author Biographies

  • Kasim Sharif, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia

    Ph.D

  • Qasim Mahmood, Media & Communication Studies Department, National University of Modern Languages, Islamabad, Pakistan

    Assistant Professor

     

  • Attia Zulfiqar, Media & Studies Department, National University of Modern Languages, Islamabad, Pakistan

    Assistant Professor

Additional Files

Published

2023-03-03

Issue

Vol. 5 No. 01 (2023): Pakistan Journal of Social Research (PJSR)

Section

Research Article

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How to Cite

[1]
“PRINT MEDIA AGENDA FOR THE GOVERNMENT STANCE ON COMPOSITE DIALOGUE WITH INDIA”, Pak. J, Soc. Sci., vol. 5, no. 01, pp. 112–121, Mar. 2023, doi: 10.52567/pjsr.v5i01.1030.