NEWS COVERAGE OF CRIMES AGAINST WOMEN IN MAINSTREAM ENGLISH AND URDU NEWSPAPER OF PAKISTAN: A CONTENT ANALYSIS OF DAILY DAWN AND JANG
Shahzad Ali, Hussain Raza
Pagini: 326-346
Publicat: 1 Jan 2013
Vizualizări: 226
Descărcări: 24
Rezumat: The article aimed to explore nature of news coverage of crimes against Pakistani women in daily Dawn and Jang, leading English and Urdu newspaper of the country. The content analysis method was applied for the purpose of analysis. The study was theoretically linked with social responsibility theory. In this connection six month news coverage of both the newspapers on the issue were analyzed and census method was used as entire sample of the population was scrutinized. The news items related to crimes were divided into three major categories-Physical Violence against women, Harassment and Rape cases, Cases of Social Discrimination. The cumulative findings of the study indicate that overall 1509 news items were published, of which 1096(72.6%) news items were appeared in daily Jang whereas the total score of daily Dawn was calculated 413(27.4%). It was further explored that the sub top three categories in term of number of news were murder, physical torture and kidnap with cumulative score of news coverage 367, 260 and 225 respectively.
Cuvinte cheie: crimes, pakistani women, print media, daily dawn, daily jang, honor killing, acid throwing, domestic violence, rape, harassment and social discriminat
Citează acest articol: Shahzad Ali, Hussain Raza. NEWS COVERAGE OF CRIMES AGAINST WOMEN IN MAINSTREAM ENGLISH AND URDU NEWSPAPER OF PAKISTAN: A CONTENT ANALYSIS OF DAILY DAWN AND JANG. Journal of International Scientific Publications: Media & Mass Communication 2, 326-346 (2013). https://www.scientific-publications.net/en/article/1002994/
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