Portrayal of women issues by Pakistani and Indian English elite newspapers
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This research investigates the portrayal of women issues by Daily The News International and Daily Times of India during January 2019 to December 2020. It is basically a comparative study of portrayal of women by Pakistani and Indian English elite newspapers. It is a census study conducted by caring out content analysis of 17 editorials of Daily The News International and 25 editorials of Daily Times of India. All editorial sentences are divided into 19 categories according to the nature of data. The researcher used two communication theories (framing and feminism) and concluded that media frame women issues factual based in news and negative in editorials. The study finds out that both newspapers given 21.05% positive, 56.62% negative & 22.32% neutral editorial coverage, so overall coverage remained positive. The researcher finds out that both newspapers (Daily The News International & Daily Times of India) highlight variety of women issues like; murder, honor killing, suicide, kidnapping, torture, sexual harassment, rape, molestation, domestic violence, battering, marriage issues, acid attack, misbehave, fire burning, hurts, lack of political participation, domestic abuse and eloping. The researcher also has given some suggestions for the solution of these kinds of issue.
Key Words: Women portrayal, elite press, Indian press, women issue
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