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NATURAL DISASTER REPORTING A CONTENT ANALYSIS OF LOCUST INFESTATION COVERAGE IN PAKISTANI NEWSPAPER

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http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/grr.2020(V-IV).10      10.31703/grr.2020(V-IV).10      Published : Dec 2020

Natural Disaster Reporting: A Content Analysis of Locust Infestation Coverage in Pakistani Newspaper

Abstract

    This study analyzed the quality of disaster reporting by the daily Dawn on the locust attack of 2019-20 in Pakistan through the prevention, preparedness, response and recovery (PPRR) phases of disaster management. The findings showed that; (1) the amount of coverage given to the disaster was insufficient in face of the severity of the crisis. (2) The crisis was covered in the current affairs lens inadequate for disaster coverage which requires a comprehensive approach and sustained focus. (3) Due to the absence of maps and charts the coverage was unable to establish a clear timeline of the disaster and the response, orientation of the scale and course of the locust attack in the minds of the public thus failed to merit the due attention of the donors and volunteerism in the people. It is concluded that discrepancies in the disaster reporting are due to the lack of training and knowledge that disaster reporting demands.

    Locust Infestation, Locust Control, Disaster Reporting, Media Coverage, Disaster Management Cycle, PPRR, Prevention, Preparedness, Response, Recovery

    (1) Amir Bajwa
    Assistant Professor, Department of Mass Communication, Lahore Garrison University, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan.
    (2) Ifra Iftikhar
    Assistant Professor, Department of Mass Communication, Lahore Garrison University, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan.
    (3) Irem Sultana
    Assistant Professor, Department of Mass Communication, Government College University, Faisalabad, Punjab, Pakistan.
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    CHICAGO : Bajwa, Amir, Ifra Iftikhar, and Irem Sultana. 2020. "Natural Disaster Reporting: A Content Analysis of Locust Infestation Coverage in Pakistani Newspaper." Global Regional Review, V (IV): 96-105 doi: 10.31703/grr.2020(V-IV).10

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    HARVARD : BAJWA, A., IFTIKHAR, I. & SULTANA, I. 2020. Natural Disaster Reporting: A Content Analysis of Locust Infestation Coverage in Pakistani Newspaper. Global Regional Review, V, 96-105.

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    OXFORD : Bajwa, Amir, Iftikhar, Ifra, and Sultana, Irem (2020), "Natural Disaster Reporting: A Content Analysis of Locust Infestation Coverage in Pakistani Newspaper", Global Regional Review, V (IV), 96-105

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    TURABIAN : Bajwa, Amir, Ifra Iftikhar, and Irem Sultana. "Natural Disaster Reporting: A Content Analysis of Locust Infestation Coverage in Pakistani Newspaper." Global Regional Review V, no. IV (2020): 96-105. https://doi.org/10.31703/grr.2020(V-IV).10