http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/gssr.2019(IV-II).35
10.31703/gssr.2019(IV-II).35
Published : Jun 2019
Socio-Psychological Effects on Media Professional Standards during Military Operations in Pakistan
While using qualitative and quantitative techniques, this study analyzes the issues and challenges faced by the journalists while working in the areas going under military operations in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) and FATA. Based on the hierarchy of influences model, a survey was conducted in Waziristan, Swat and Peshawar. A total of 185 local journalists from Swat, North Waziristan and Peshawar are selected and interviewed. The research found various psychological and visible impacts on journalists reporting from conflict areas. They face challenges like governmental and organizational pressure, safety hazards and bars on freedom of access to news sources. Low perks and privileges, facilities to perform their professional duties and demanding standards for local journalists. The war journalists were dissatisfied with their professions and many were thinking to quit their jobs. In the qualitative technique of semistructured interviews, the survey findings were supported and integrated with the large issues of media control and geo-strategic considerations.
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(1) Rooh ul Amin Khan
PhD Scholar, Centre of Media and Communication Studies,University of Gujrat, Gujrat, Punjab, Pakistan.
(2) Zahid Yousaf
Associate Professor,Centre for Media and Communication Studies,University of Gujrat, Gujrat, Punjab, Pakistan.
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APA : Khan, R. u. A., & Yousaf, Z. (2019). Socio-Psychological Effects on Media Professional Standards during Military Operations in Pakistan. Global Social Sciences Review, IV(II), 269-275. https://doi.org/10.31703/gssr.2019(IV-II).35
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CHICAGO : Khan, Rooh ul Amin, and Zahid Yousaf. 2019. "Socio-Psychological Effects on Media Professional Standards during Military Operations in Pakistan." Global Social Sciences Review, IV (II): 269-275 doi: 10.31703/gssr.2019(IV-II).35
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HARVARD : KHAN, R. U. A. & YOUSAF, Z. 2019. Socio-Psychological Effects on Media Professional Standards during Military Operations in Pakistan. Global Social Sciences Review, IV, 269-275.
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MHRA : Khan, Rooh ul Amin, and Zahid Yousaf. 2019. "Socio-Psychological Effects on Media Professional Standards during Military Operations in Pakistan." Global Social Sciences Review, IV: 269-275
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MLA : Khan, Rooh ul Amin, and Zahid Yousaf. "Socio-Psychological Effects on Media Professional Standards during Military Operations in Pakistan." Global Social Sciences Review, IV.II (2019): 269-275 Print.
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OXFORD : Khan, Rooh ul Amin and Yousaf, Zahid (2019), "Socio-Psychological Effects on Media Professional Standards during Military Operations in Pakistan", Global Social Sciences Review, IV (II), 269-275
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TURABIAN : Khan, Rooh ul Amin, and Zahid Yousaf. "Socio-Psychological Effects on Media Professional Standards during Military Operations in Pakistan." Global Social Sciences Review IV, no. II (2019): 269-275. https://doi.org/10.31703/gssr.2019(IV-II).35