STUDYING THE POTENTIAL CONNECTION BETWEEN PEACE AND HUMAN RIGHTS: CONTENT ANALYSIS OF FACEBOOK POSTS

Authors

  • Ayesha Akhtar Department of Anthropology PMAS Arid Agriculture University Rawalpindi
  • Abid Ghafoor Chaudhry Department of Anthropology PMAS Arid Agriculture University Rawalpindi
  • Shagufta Ali Department of Anthropology PMAS Arid Agriculture University Rawalpindi

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.52567/pjsr.v3i4.414

Abstract

The focus of the study was to determine the potential connection between peace and the human rights. It was done from the content analysis of Facebook posts, as Facebook was the leading social media sites among the SNS users. On the basis of purposive sampling, posts were selected from the different Facebook pages which were representative of UN. The quantitative content analysis was used to establish codes. The coding scheme thus designed assisted to collect and analyse the data by deductive and inductive coding. Results indicated that, there was positive connection of 40% between peace making and human rights with reference to post, and 60% of negative responses upon the content of post in comments section through which analysis of the response of the users was drawn.

keywords: Human rights, Peace, UN, Equality, UDHR, Facebook, Content analysis. 

 

Author Biographies

  • Ayesha Akhtar, Department of Anthropology PMAS Arid Agriculture University Rawalpindi

    M.Phil. Scholar

     

  • Abid Ghafoor Chaudhry, Department of Anthropology PMAS Arid Agriculture University Rawalpindi

    Associate Professor

     

  • Shagufta Ali, Department of Anthropology PMAS Arid Agriculture University Rawalpindi

    Lecturer

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

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“STUDYING THE POTENTIAL CONNECTION BETWEEN PEACE AND HUMAN RIGHTS: CONTENT ANALYSIS OF FACEBOOK POSTS”, Pak. J, Soc. Sci., vol. 3, no. 4, pp. 648–657, Dec. 2021, doi: 10.52567/pjsr.v3i4.414.