INDEXING AND AMERICAN PRESIDENCY: PAKISTANI MUSLIM SOCIETY ON THE FRONT-PAGES OF MAINSTREAM U.S. NEWSPAPERS

Authors

  • Awais H. Gillani The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Pakistan
  • Hans Frey American Studies and International Relations, Area Study Centre for Africa, North and South America, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan
  • Noman Ishfaq Department of Media Studies, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Pakistan

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.52567/pjsr.v3i4.320

Abstract

Mr. Joe Biden quoting a saying from Prophet Muhammad (P.B.U.H.), vows to lift the Muslim ban from day one in the Oval office. This study shows how the U.S. mainstream liberal and the conservative printed press gave Pakistan and Pakistani society coverage in the first year of Biden's Vice Presidency under President Obama when the U.S. military interests were high in the South Asian region. Employing thematic analysis with indexing theory, the study analyzes three leading U.S. dailies from January 2009 to January 2010. The study finds media frames, issues, and sources that confirm the practical implementation of indexing theory in American news reporting on crucial foreign policy issues. About Pakistan Muslim society, the U.S. media conclude that terrorism is in the “DNA” of Pakistani people, and militants will take over Pakistan and its nuclear bomb. This study adds to the indexing theory, propaganda, political, international, and strategic communication literature.

Key Words: Islamic extremism, Sharia law, Pakistani nuclear bomb, al Qaeda, Vice President Joe Biden, American print media, War on Terror, Indexing, Liberal, Conservative.   

Author Biographies

  • Awais H. Gillani, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Pakistan

    Assistant Professor

  • Hans Frey , American Studies and International Relations, Area Study Centre for Africa, North and South America, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan

    Senior Professor 

  • Noman Ishfaq, Department of Media Studies, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Pakistan

    M.Phil. scholar

Additional Files

Published

2021-12-31

Issue

Vol. 3 No. 4 (2021): Pakistan Journal of Social Research (PJSR)

Section

Research Article

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How to Cite

[1]
“INDEXING AND AMERICAN PRESIDENCY: PAKISTANI MUSLIM SOCIETY ON THE FRONT-PAGES OF MAINSTREAM U.S. NEWSPAPERS”, Pak. J, Soc. Sci., vol. 3, no. 4, pp. 599–608, Dec. 2021, doi: 10.52567/pjsr.v3i4.320.