Pakistani Press Towards Religious Minorities
The study aims to explore the image of the media as portrayed in leading English Pakistani newspapers. The objectives of the study are to analyze the framing of news concerning the religious minorities in three national dailies of Pakistan to determine either the Pakistani press portrays the minorities image positively or negatively. Content analysis was performed on three leading English dailies, The Dawn, The News and Express Tribune, after random selection from January 01, 2016, to December 31, 2016. The front, back and editorial pages were the sample size of the study. The findings of the study showed that the media portrayed minorities in a positive manner; however, the newspapers focused more on controversial issues such as forced conversions, attacks on places of worship, violations of the right to freedom and other human rights. Softer issues such as Political and Economic Empowerment and Improved Legislation were not covered as frequently. The need of giving more space to the education and entertainment need of minorities and to inform the majority about the positive contributions of minorities has also been found out during the study.
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(1) Khalil Ahmad
PhD Scholar, School of Media and Mass Communication (SMC), Beaconhouse National University (BNU), Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan.
(2) Wajiha Raza Rizvi
Associate Professor, School of Media and Mass Communication (SMC), Beaconhouse National University (BNU), Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan.
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APA : Ahmad, K., & Rizvi, W. R. (2021). Pakistani Press Towards Religious Minorities. Global Social Sciences Review, VI(II), 139-149. https://doi.org/10.31703/gssr.2021(VI-II).15
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CHICAGO : Ahmad, Khalil, and Wajiha Raza Rizvi. 2021. "Pakistani Press Towards Religious Minorities." Global Social Sciences Review, VI (II): 139-149 doi: 10.31703/gssr.2021(VI-II).15
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