Print media coverage of pat and pti sit-in protest
| dc.contributor.author | Ummay-E-Farwah | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2018-01-19T04:58:14Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2018-01-19T04:58:14Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2016 | |
| dc.description | supervised by: Dr. Farasat Rasool | en_US |
| dc.description.abstract | The study examines the newspaper editorials treatment of PAT and PTI sit-in protest. The quantitative and qualitative research study is conducted through content analysis of Pakistani English newspaper editorial and editorial notes. The News is antigovernment and The Nation is pro government sit-in time. Both selected paper policy are different. Editorials of these two Pakistani newspapers published from 1st July to 31 December, 2014 were selected. Altogether, 360 editorials and 392 editorial notes were read out from the two newspapers. With total sample size of 752 from selected newspaper The News (180 editorials and 220 editorial notes) and The Nation (180 editorials and 358 editorial notes) as 938 populations. The topics of editorials were discussed PAT and PTI Leadership tone, speeches and other issues related to sit-in. The Nation editorial and editorial notes discussed sit-in 56 times in present period, while The News discussed 61 times. Moreover, of the total 336 editorials of The News was portrayed negatively 62 times and positively only 9 times. The data indicate that sit-in issue is priority of newspaper and open criticism directed towards PAT and PTI sit-in. The total 416 editorials of The Nation were portrayed negatively 56 times and positively only 12 times. The biggest editorials came from The Nation whereas the biggest criticism came from The News editorials. The researcher explores the trend by using the agenda setting, framing and propaganda theories. They treated the PAT and PTI sit-in protest but they followed own policy and agenda. That's why, the newspaper editorials built positive or negative effect in the treatment of sit-in | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://escholar.umt.edu.pk/handle/123456789/2524 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.publisher | University of Management and Technology Lahore | en_US |
| dc.subject | Newspaper, Treatment | en_US |
| dc.subject | Editorial, Sit-in | en_US |
| dc.subject | M.Phil Thesis | en_US |
| dc.title | Print media coverage of pat and pti sit-in protest | en_US |
| dc.title | Print media coverage of pat and pti sit-in protest | en_us |
| dc.title.alternative | A comparative study of ‘the news' and ‘the nation' | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_US |
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