Original scientific paper

https://doi.org/10.22572/mi.27.1.2

Framing of Armed Conflicts between the Two Nuclear States of South Asia

Noor-ul-Ain Shahid orcid.org/0000-0002-2466-1570 ; Department of Arts & Media, Foundation University Islamabad
Muhammad Ashfaq orcid.org/0000-0002-8478-7343 ; Department of Arts & Media, Foundation University Islamabad
Javaria Zubair ; Department of Arts & Media, Foundation University Islamabad

Abstract

The current study investigates the framing process through the lens of the causal responsibility and the subject matter adopted by Pakistani print news media during the armed conflicts after the Pulwama assault in February 2019. With the help of the census approach, 282 opinions and editorials were collected from a population of 1,321 published items from six English newspapers. The findings show that Pakistani print media outlets extensively used the individual causal responsibility frame, while the social responsibility frame was used less in numbers. The content analysis reveals that the subject matter of awareness was extensively used in media content during the Pulwama assault and its aftermath. The observations are examined from the perspective of journalistic preferences in selecting specific frames during the framing of regional and global armed conflicts.

Keywords

armed conflicts; framing; content analysis; print media; Indo-Pak conflicts; op-ed coverage; Kashmir; media role

Hrčak ID:

259054

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/259054

Publication date:

18.6.2021.

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