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A CRITICAL DISCOURSE ANALYSIS OF DISCURSIVE REPRODUCTION OF IDEOLOGIES IN PAKISTANI AND INDIAN PRESS MEDIA IN THE AFTERMATH OF PULWAMA ATTACK

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http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/gssr.2020(V-III).16      10.31703/gssr.2020(V-III).16      Published : Sep 3

A Critical Discourse Analysis of Discursive Reproduction of Ideologies in Pakistani and Indian Press Media in the Aftermath of Pulwama Attack

Abstract

    The present study, based on Van Dijk (2005) ideological square model, aims to show how the two countries, i.e., Pakistan and India, represent each other through their newspaper's discourse. Using Van Dijk's (2005) framework (positive self-presentation, negative other-presentation) for discourse analysis, this study examines linguistic features in fifty editorials of three Pakistani and three Indian English newspapers. The aforementioned model adopted from Politics, Ideology and Discourse is used to detect discursive structures within editorials and to discover the hidden ideologies. Besides, the researchers have used different discursive strategies such as actor description, euphemism, evidentiality etc., for microanalysis. Moreover, the macro analysis has been done by using the macro strategies, i.e., positive self-presentation and negative other-presentation. The study revealed that Pakistani editorials used micro strategies more than that Indians. The study also revealed that Pakistani editorials relied mostly on positive self-presentation, while Indian editorials focused on negative other-presentation.

    Discourse, Critical Discourse Analysis, Ideology, Editorial, Pulwama Attack, Kashmir

    (1) Arif Khan
    MPhil Scholar, Department of English, Hazara University Mansehra, KP, Pakistan.
    (2) Ghani Rahman
    Assistant Professor, Department of English, Hazara University Mansehra, KP, Pakistan.
    (3) Sajid Iqbal
    Lecturer, Department of English, University of Malakand, Malakand, KP, Pakistan.
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APA

    APA : Khan, A., Rahman, G., & Iqbal, S. (2020). A Critical Discourse Analysis of Discursive Reproduction of Ideologies in Pakistani and Indian Press Media in the Aftermath of Pulwama Attack. Global Social Sciences Review, V(III), 146-155. https://doi.org/10.31703/gssr.2020(V-III).16

CHICAGO

    CHICAGO : Khan, Arif, Ghani Rahman, and Sajid Iqbal. 2020. "A Critical Discourse Analysis of Discursive Reproduction of Ideologies in Pakistani and Indian Press Media in the Aftermath of Pulwama Attack." Global Social Sciences Review, V (III): 146-155 doi: 10.31703/gssr.2020(V-III).16

HARVARD

    HARVARD : KHAN, A., RAHMAN, G. & IQBAL, S. 2020. A Critical Discourse Analysis of Discursive Reproduction of Ideologies in Pakistani and Indian Press Media in the Aftermath of Pulwama Attack. Global Social Sciences Review, V, 146-155.

MHRA

    MHRA : Khan, Arif, Ghani Rahman, and Sajid Iqbal. 2020. "A Critical Discourse Analysis of Discursive Reproduction of Ideologies in Pakistani and Indian Press Media in the Aftermath of Pulwama Attack." Global Social Sciences Review, V: 146-155

MLA

    MLA : Khan, Arif, Ghani Rahman, and Sajid Iqbal. "A Critical Discourse Analysis of Discursive Reproduction of Ideologies in Pakistani and Indian Press Media in the Aftermath of Pulwama Attack." Global Social Sciences Review, V.III (2020): 146-155 Print.

OXFORD

    OXFORD : Khan, Arif, Rahman, Ghani, and Iqbal, Sajid (2020), "A Critical Discourse Analysis of Discursive Reproduction of Ideologies in Pakistani and Indian Press Media in the Aftermath of Pulwama Attack", Global Social Sciences Review, V (III), 146-155

TURABIAN

    TURABIAN : Khan, Arif, Ghani Rahman, and Sajid Iqbal. "A Critical Discourse Analysis of Discursive Reproduction of Ideologies in Pakistani and Indian Press Media in the Aftermath of Pulwama Attack." Global Social Sciences Review V, no. III (2020): 146-155. https://doi.org/10.31703/gssr.2020(V-III).16