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PAKISTANI PRINT MEDIA AS POLITICAL PROPAGANDA TOOL A STUDY OF PANAMA ISSUE

10 Pages : 92 - 98

http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/gpr.2021(VI-II).10      10.31703/gpr.2021(VI-II).10      Published : Jun 2021

Pakistani Print Media as Political Propaganda Tool: A Study of Panama Issue

    This research study examined the scenario of media as propaganda tool keeping in view the news reportage of the Panama issue as well as editorial coverage in Urdu print media. The study investigated the situation of whether the Urdu print media remained unbiased during reportage and editorial coverage of the big corruption scandal or it was used as a propaganda tool for the psychological warfare of the political arena. The paper assessed the position of factual and non-factual reportage and framed news reportage on the country's game-changer phenomenon. The study might be helpful to understand the scenario of news reportage on big corruption issues in the Urdu Print world of Pakistan. The results presented the outlines behind the framed news coverage, the picture of alteration into non-factual news, ignoring the facts and figures, and just focusing on the statements. The study also presented the view of meandering policies between reportage and editorials. It also indicated the changing policy regarding news reportage in terms of editorials and exposed the view of smearing position regarding ethical lees of news coverage. The study was the outcome of content analysis of Pakistani Urdu Dailies (three newspapers, Daily Jang, Daily Express, and Daily Dunya, were chosen as sample) to study the phenomenon, and in-depth interviews of senior communication experts were done to understand the scenario deeply.

    News Coverage, Reportage, Editorials, Panama Issue, Game-Changer, Alteration in Facts, Dailies, Psychological Warfare, Political Arena, Meandering Policies
    (1) Irem Sultana
    Assistant Professor, Department of Mass Communication, Government College University Faisalabad, Punjab, Pakistan
    (2) Rao Shahid Mahmood
    Assistant Professor, Department of Media Studies, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Punjab, Pakistan.
    (3) Hamid Yaseen Ahmed
    PhD Scholar, Department of History, Government College University Faisalabad, Punjab, Pakistan.
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    APA : Sultana, I., Mahmood, R. S., & Ahmed, H. Y. (2021). Pakistani Print Media as Political Propaganda Tool: A Study of Panama Issue. Global Political Review, VI(II), 92 - 98. https://doi.org/10.31703/gpr.2021(VI-II).10
    CHICAGO : Sultana, Irem, Rao Shahid Mahmood, and Hamid Yaseen Ahmed. 2021. "Pakistani Print Media as Political Propaganda Tool: A Study of Panama Issue." Global Political Review, VI (II): 92 - 98 doi: 10.31703/gpr.2021(VI-II).10
    HARVARD : SULTANA, I., MAHMOOD, R. S. & AHMED, H. Y. 2021. Pakistani Print Media as Political Propaganda Tool: A Study of Panama Issue. Global Political Review, VI, 92 - 98.
    MHRA : Sultana, Irem, Rao Shahid Mahmood, and Hamid Yaseen Ahmed. 2021. "Pakistani Print Media as Political Propaganda Tool: A Study of Panama Issue." Global Political Review, VI: 92 - 98
    MLA : Sultana, Irem, Rao Shahid Mahmood, and Hamid Yaseen Ahmed. "Pakistani Print Media as Political Propaganda Tool: A Study of Panama Issue." Global Political Review, VI.II (2021): 92 - 98 Print.
    OXFORD : Sultana, Irem, Mahmood, Rao Shahid, and Ahmed, Hamid Yaseen (2021), "Pakistani Print Media as Political Propaganda Tool: A Study of Panama Issue", Global Political Review, VI (II), 92 - 98
    TURABIAN : Sultana, Irem, Rao Shahid Mahmood, and Hamid Yaseen Ahmed. "Pakistani Print Media as Political Propaganda Tool: A Study of Panama Issue." Global Political Review VI, no. II (2021): 92 - 98. https://doi.org/10.31703/gpr.2021(VI-II).10