Browsing by Author "Kiran Fatima"

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    Intrinsic motivation and academic achievement among university students
    (University of Management and Technology, 2017) Kiran Fatima
    The current study investigates the relationship between academic achievement and intrinsic motivation among university students. It was hypothesized there is likely to be a positive relationship between intrinsic motivation and academic achievement. There is likely to be gender difference in intrinsic motivation and academic achievement. In addition, the research is mainly focused on demographic details including age, gender, institute, parent's education, parent's occupation and specifically on CGPA between university students. It was correlation (cross section) research. Non-probability convenient sample of 105 university students including men=28 and women=77 with the age range from 19-26 (M =22.3, SD =2.03) was collected from private and government universities of Lahore. The scale that used in this research is Academic intrinsic motivation developed by Regina M. Shia. The tests that used in this study are correlation, means and standard deviation and alpha reliability of scales. The result reveals that there was significant difference between the mean score of girls and boys in CGPA. On the other hand, there is no significant difference between the mean score of girls and boys in intrinsic motivation. The result also shows that the correlation between intrinsic motivation and academic achievement is significant.
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    Modern media
    (UMT Lahore, 2022) Kiran Fatima
    The study aims at investigating the discourse of modern media which is propagating mental health disorders such as anxiety and depression among individuals in society. It explores the socially embedded themes of power inequality, discrimination, and social injustice in modern media by building its theoretical foundation from the Faircloughian three-dimensional framework(Fairclough, 1995). The analysis procedure used is a mix-method approach. For the quantitative approach, the data were collected through a survey questionnaire with N=62 respondents. The qualitative analysis is based on the digital media discourse for which the researcher studied a case of cyberbullying and criticism over a public figure, Ahmed Godil (PSL 5, 2020 ground show host). The data were randomly collected from Twitter and Instagram in the form of posts, comments, and tweets as well as from two mainstream media channels SamaaTV and BolTV in the form of public talks (2020). The study observes the linguistic styles that hinge different discursive practices on media, and also how this effect individuals’ mental and physical health. The researcher hasanalyzed percentage graphs of google questionnaire responses to answer the objectives and research questions. The reliability statistics test with α= .914 Cronbach’s alpha value demonstrates the reliability of the Likert-scale instrument of N=30 items. The findings depict that, 85.5% of people of N=62 believe in the fact that modern media is a major source of bullying in the form of criticism,trolling, false news, violence, etc. which is a serious threat to mental health. People with an 83.9% ratio believe that abusive language, hate speech, and harsh words are being used while criticizing others which prove to be mentally hurtful for the victim. The researcher believes that the study would make its contribution in creating awareness for further researchers so that they can suggest strategies to control unnecessary discursive practices like criticism of media.