26Jul 2017

COVERAGE OF MINORITY ISSUES IN THE PAKISTANI ELECTRONIC MEDIA.

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In present study that focused the coverage of minority issues by Pakistani electronic media, objectively the issue of Kot Radha Kishan Lahore and said the survey questionnaire from the audience. Study having research questions of whether media sensationalized that incident, and leading news channels reporting supportive to national integrity. Research also measured the response of public regarding that issue. Most people agreed that media objectively covered that incident, and channels gave importance to minority issues with an ethnic tilt. Fifty percent people approved that media channels fueled conflict between Muslims and non-Muslims by reporting minority issues.


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[Sidra Shehzadi. (2017); COVERAGE OF MINORITY ISSUES IN THE PAKISTANI ELECTRONIC MEDIA. Int. J. of Adv. Res. 5 (Jul). 1903-1910] (ISSN 2320-5407). www.journalijar.com


Sidra Shehzadi
University of the Punjab, Pakistan

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Article DOI: 10.21474/IJAR01/4919      
DOI URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.21474/IJAR01/4919