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ANALYSIS OF EDITORIAL TREATMENT OF US DRONE ATTACKS BY THE PROMINENT ENGLISH DAILIES IN PAKISTAN

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http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/grr.2019(IV-IV).02      10.31703/grr.2019(IV-IV).02      Published : Dec 2019

Analysis of 'Editorial Treatment' of US Drone Attacks by the Prominent English Dailies in Pakistan

Abstract

    Drone attacks inside Pakistan remained the core issue in international relations and communication scholarship. This study aims to investigate the editorial treatment of US drone attacks inside Pakistan. The researcher has employed a content analysis method to examine the frequency and themes within the editorial published by The Nation and Daily Times from February 18th 2008 to February 28th 2011. The study found that Daily Times supports the Pakistani government stance on US drone attacks inside Pakistan and The Nation as opponent to the government regarding US drone attacks inside Pakistan. The findings imply that media in Pakistan is presenting diverse and pluralistic voices on political issues specifically on an international issue of drone attacks. In this way, its role in public opinion formations cannot be under estimated in the working democracy of Pakistan.

    Editorial Treatment, Drone Attacks, English Dailies, Content Analysis

    (1) Arshad Ali
    Assistant Professor,Center for Media and Communication Studies,University of Gujrat, Punjab, Pakistan.
    (2) Sobia Abid
    Lecturer,Center for Media and Communication Studies, University of Gujrat, Punjab, Pakistan.
    (3) Muhammad Zahid Bilal
    Assistant Professor, Department of Communication Studies,University of Okara, Punjab, Pakistan.
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APA

    APA : Ali, A., Abid, S., & Bilal, M. Z. (2019). Analysis of 'Editorial Treatment' of US Drone Attacks by the Prominent English Dailies in Pakistan. Global Regional Review, IV(IV), 10-18. https://doi.org/10.31703/grr.2019(IV-IV).02

CHICAGO

    CHICAGO : Ali, Arshad, Sobia Abid, and Muhammad Zahid Bilal. 2019. "Analysis of 'Editorial Treatment' of US Drone Attacks by the Prominent English Dailies in Pakistan." Global Regional Review, IV (IV): 10-18 doi: 10.31703/grr.2019(IV-IV).02

HARVARD

    HARVARD : ALI, A., ABID, S. & BILAL, M. Z. 2019. Analysis of 'Editorial Treatment' of US Drone Attacks by the Prominent English Dailies in Pakistan. Global Regional Review, IV, 10-18.

MHRA

    MHRA : Ali, Arshad, Sobia Abid, and Muhammad Zahid Bilal. 2019. "Analysis of 'Editorial Treatment' of US Drone Attacks by the Prominent English Dailies in Pakistan." Global Regional Review, IV: 10-18

MLA

    MLA : Ali, Arshad, Sobia Abid, and Muhammad Zahid Bilal. "Analysis of 'Editorial Treatment' of US Drone Attacks by the Prominent English Dailies in Pakistan." Global Regional Review, IV.IV (2019): 10-18 Print.

OXFORD

    OXFORD : Ali, Arshad, Abid, Sobia, and Bilal, Muhammad Zahid (2019), "Analysis of 'Editorial Treatment' of US Drone Attacks by the Prominent English Dailies in Pakistan", Global Regional Review, IV (IV), 10-18

TURABIAN

    TURABIAN : Ali, Arshad, Sobia Abid, and Muhammad Zahid Bilal. "Analysis of 'Editorial Treatment' of US Drone Attacks by the Prominent English Dailies in Pakistan." Global Regional Review IV, no. IV (2019): 10-18. https://doi.org/10.31703/grr.2019(IV-IV).02