SENSE OF DEPRIVATION IN BALOCHISTAN DEPICTION OF INSTABILITY ON TWITTER

http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/gpr.2025(X-IV).02      10.31703/gpr.2025(X-IV).02      Published : Fall 2025
Authored by : Hafiz Hassan Ali , Fatima Khalid , Qasim Ali Shah

02 Pages : 7-18

http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/gpr.2025(X-IV).02      10.31703/gpr.2025(X-IV).02      Published : Dec 2025

Sense of Deprivation in Balochistan: Depiction of instability on Twitter

    This study looks at how Baluchistan's political instability and lack of progress are reflected in tweets. It shows that the majority of these tweets are from activists and non-governmental organisations that use social media to advance their political and ideological objectives.  The study carefully looks at content on Twitter to see how stories about Baluchistan are made, shared, and even exaggerated. It also uses important communication theories, such as the Propaganda Model, Agenda-Setting Theory, and Framing Theory, to explain how content is selected and formed online. Despite difficulties, including confirming the veracity of sources, language barriers, and misleading material on the internet, the study underlines the importance of thinking critically about how the media affects our perception of combat zones. By showing how media messages and power influence the narratives surrounding regional instability, this study generally advances the science of mass communication.

    Balochistan, Instability, Twitter, Propaganda, Agenda-Setting, Framing, Digital Activism
    (1) Hafiz Hassan Ali
    MS Scholar, Riphah Institute of Media Sciences, Riphah International University, Islamabad, Pakistan.
    (2) Fatima Khalid
    MS Scholar, Riphah Institute of Media Sciences, Riphah International University, Islamabad, Pakistan.
    (3) Qasim Ali Shah
    PhD, Department of Developmental Sciences, COMSATS University, Islamabad, Pakistan.
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    CHICAGO : Ali, Hafiz Hassan, Fatima Khalid, and Qasim Ali Shah. 2025. "Sense of Deprivation in Balochistan: Depiction of instability on Twitter." Global Political Review, X (IV): 7-18 doi: 10.31703/gpr.2025(X-IV).02
    HARVARD : ALI, H. H., KHALID, F. & SHAH, Q. A. 2025. Sense of Deprivation in Balochistan: Depiction of instability on Twitter. Global Political Review, X, 7-18.
    MHRA : Ali, Hafiz Hassan, Fatima Khalid, and Qasim Ali Shah. 2025. "Sense of Deprivation in Balochistan: Depiction of instability on Twitter." Global Political Review, X: 7-18
    MLA : Ali, Hafiz Hassan, Fatima Khalid, and Qasim Ali Shah. "Sense of Deprivation in Balochistan: Depiction of instability on Twitter." Global Political Review, X.IV (2025): 7-18 Print.
    OXFORD : Ali, Hafiz Hassan, Khalid, Fatima, and Shah, Qasim Ali (2025), "Sense of Deprivation in Balochistan: Depiction of instability on Twitter", Global Political Review, X (IV), 7-18
    TURABIAN : Ali, Hafiz Hassan, Fatima Khalid, and Qasim Ali Shah. "Sense of Deprivation in Balochistan: Depiction of instability on Twitter." Global Political Review X, no. IV (2025): 7-18. https://doi.org/10.31703/gpr.2025(X-IV).02