scholarly journals Portrayal of Political Parties in English Newspapers during the General Elections 2008 in Pakistan

2020 ◽  
Vol V (IV) ◽  
pp. 86-93
Author(s):  
Shazia Ismail Toor
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
Political Parties ◽  
Agenda Setting ◽  
Print Media ◽  
Front Page ◽  
Analysis Method ◽  
News Stories ◽  
Content Analysis Method ◽  
General Elections

This research aims to explore the portrayal of political parties in the English newspapers of Pakistan during the general elections of 2008. The media's importance during the process of elections becomes manifold as it can frame the image of politicians and political parties. Comparative analysis of the leading political parties of Pakistan, including PPPP, PMLN and PTI, in the two English dailies - Dawn and The News was done. This paper examined the frequency and direction of editorials and front-page news stories that were published on leading political parties from 18th January 2008 to 18th March 2008. Along with the content analysis method, theoretical postulates of agenda-setting were employed to explore English newspapers' depiction of political parties during general elections 2008. Findings revealed that a maximum number of news and editorials were published on PPPP, but it was portrayed in a negative manner. The English print media adopted a supportive tilt towards PMLN by giving it a positive portrayal during the general election of 2008.

scholarly journals Election Security and Violence in Ghana: The Case of Ayawaso West Wougon and Talensi By-elections

2020 ◽  
pp. 32-46
Author(s):  
Frank Bitafir Ijon
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Political Parties ◽  
National Security ◽  
Voter Turnout ◽  
Vital Role ◽  
Analysis Method ◽  
Content Analysis Method ◽  
Security Challenges ◽  
The Government ◽  
Election Violence

Conducts of by-elections in recent times have been fraught with a lot of security challenges. This has been as a result of the violence that characterized the conduct of by-elections in recent times in Ghana. Violence during by-elections in Ghana plays a vital role in securing election victories for political parties. In all the by-elections characterized by violence in Ghana, they were won by parties that were accused of inciting the violence. The main tenets of election violence as identified by the paper included, actors, motives, timing, consequences, and patterns. The paper adopted the content analysis method in its investigation of the two violent by-elections in Ghana. The paper revealed that there was a correlation between violence during by-elections and victories of incumbent parties. This was because, in the two by-elections understudy, those accused of starting the violence and using national security operatives won the elections. The paper also found out that by-election violence impacted negatively on Ghana’s democratic maturity in several ways, such as; low voter turnout, weakening of democratic foundation and breeding an atmosphere of insecurity. Finally, the paper also revealed that political parties especially those in government resort to violence during by-elections in Ghana because they fear losing it will mean the government was underperforming as argued out by Feigert and Norris and also because they want to add to their tally in parliament.

Ready for e-electioneering? Empirical evidence from Pakistani political parties’ websites

2016 ◽  
Vol 26 (4) ◽  
pp. 901-918 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mirza Muhammad Naseer ◽  
Khalid Mahmood
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Political Parties ◽  
Empirical Evidence ◽  
Political Party ◽  
International Perspective ◽  
Full Potential ◽  
Web Content ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Content Analysis Method ◽  
General Elections

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore the use of political party websites for e-electioneering and their impact on the outcome of the elections. Design/methodology/approach – Empirical data for the study were collected from the websites of 11 major political parties of Pakistan using modified version of the coding scheme used by Gibson, Rommele and Ward for the evaluation of functionality and delivery of websites. Data were analysed using web content analysis method to achieve the objectives of this study. The study also ranked the party websites based on points scored for functionalities and delivery. Findings – The study found that although Pakistani political parties have started using their websites for communication with their voters during the general elections but they have not utilized the full potential of the website functionalities for e-electioneering. Research limitations/implications – The study focused on content analysis of political party websites of Pakistan only. However, comparisons were made to other studies where possible to contextualize the results of this study in international perspective. It is suggested to replicate this study after ten years to study the changing behaviour of political parties. Practical implications – Political parties might like to improve their websites in the light of findings of this study to spread their message more effectively to larger voter base. Social implications – Findings of the study will help in improving the readiness of political parties for e-electioneering and improved websites will help voters in making an informed decision during election. It will overall improve the electoral process in the country where democratic system is not very strong. Originality/value – With the advent of internet, political parties are using their websites during elections for various purposes. This study, first ever in Pakistan on the topic, provides empirical evidence on the use of political party websites during May 2013 general election in Pakistan and presents its impact on the outcome of the election. The study will be valuable for political science researchers especially those focusing on Asia and Pakistan.

scholarly journals Representasi Dakwah dalam Komik

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 76-96
Author(s):  
Ulil Inayah ◽  
Saeful Anwar ◽  
Bahrudin Bahrudin
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Everyday Life ◽  
Print Media ◽  
Communication Media ◽  
Analysis Method ◽  
Direct Communication ◽  
Content Analysis Method ◽  
Emotional Appeals

Dakwah tidak hanya dilakukan menggunakan media komunikasi langsung. Dengan berkembangan zaman kegiatan dakwah dapat disampaikan  melalui media cetak, salah satunya menggunakan komik. Dengan adanya komik yang bertemakan religi tidak hanya untuk menghibur pembacanya melainkan untuk menyampaikan informasi-informasi yang sangat bermanfaat dan sangat mendidik, saat ini untuk menemukan komik yang bertemakan religi sangat gampang ditemukan salah satunya Komik 99 Pesan Nabi karya Vbi_Djenggotten. Dalam komik tersebut terdapat cerita yang ringan agar dapat diteapkan pada kehidupan sehari-hari. Bertujuan untuk mengetahui kategorisasi, sistematika dan himbauan pesan dakwah meliputi pesan akhlak, aqidah serta syari’ah yang terdapat pada komik tersebut. Adapun metode yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini adalah menggunakan metode analisis isi dengan menggunakan coding, setelah menganalisis penelitian dapat diketahui bahwa pesan-pesan dakwah pada Komik 99 Pesan Nabi sebanyak 99 pesan, yang dikategorisasikan menjadi tiga yaitu akhak, aqidah dan syari’ah. Di dalam sistematika pesan mengandung empat bagian yaitu pengantar, pernyataan, argumen, dan kesimpulan. Untuk himbauan pesan mengandung himbauan rasional mengandung 6 pesan, himbauan emosional mengandung 4 pesan, himbauan taut mengandung 51 pesan, himbauan ganjaran mengandung 23 pesan, dan himbauan motivasional mengandung 15 pesan. Da'wah is not only done using direct communication media. With the development of the era of da'wah activities can be delivered through print media, one of which uses comics. With the existence of religious-themed comics not only to entertain the reader but to convey information that is very useful and very educational, now to find religious-themed comics is easy to find, one of them is the Message of the Prophet 99 by Vbi_Djenggotten. In the comic there are light stories that can be applied to everyday life. Aiming to find out the categorization, systematics and appeals of da'wah messages including moral, aqeedah and syari'ah messages contained in the comic. The method used in this study is to use the content analysis method using coding, after analyzing the research it can be seen that the message of preaching on the 99 Messages of the Prophet's Message as many as 99 messages, which are categorized into three, namely akhak, aqeedah and syari'ah. In systematics the message contains four parts, namely introduction, statement, argument, and conclusion. For appeals to messages containing rational appeal containing 6 messages, emotional appeals containing 4 messages, appeals for links containing 51 messages, reward calls containing 23 messages, and motivational appeals containing 15 messages.

scholarly journals Pakistan's General Elections of 2018: Representation of Economic Issues and Orientation of Political News Coverage in The Elite Newspapers of Pakistan

2019 ◽  
Vol IV (I) ◽  
pp. 51-61
Author(s):  
Muhammad Qasim Nizamani ◽  
Farheen Qasim Nizamani ◽  
Sikandar Hussain Soomro
Keyword(s):  
Political Parties ◽  
News Coverage ◽  
Economic Benefits ◽  
Analysis Method ◽  
Political News ◽  
Content Analysis Method ◽  
Eminent Scholar ◽  
General Elections ◽  
The Media ◽  
Elite Newspapers

In a democratic society, mass media and political system have a strong bond with each other. Big media powerhouses attempt to develop linkages with political parties for economic benefits. These parties' linkages with media houses may have affected news items' representation of issues from both positive and negative reporting angles. An eminent scholar of agenda-setting through McCombs et al. (1997), pointed out that media has great power to set the agenda of public and political parties also actively engages the media houses to advance their elections. This study attempts to learn the news representation of issues during the General Elections (GE) of 2018 in Pakistan. This present study employed a content analysis method to investigate news issues coverage and representation in 10 mainstream newspapers based on readership size. The findings suggest that news items representation of issues among newspapers are highly polarized on the basis of sympathize towards their favourite political parties.

scholarly journals Sustainability as an imperative component of evaluating business modells in FinTech

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rosita Zvirgzdina ◽  
Helena Skadina ◽  
Iveta Linina
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
Business Model ◽  
Theoretical Approach ◽  
Analysis Method ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Business Modelling ◽  
Content Analysis Method ◽  
Practical Implications ◽  
Modelling Process

Purpose – the purpose of this research is to contribute to the business modelling in FinTech with criteria, which could FinTech companies to critically evaluate the performance of their business model, its relevance and timeliness, its compli-ance with set goals and value topicality. Research methodology – in this research, authors used semi-structured interviews with continuous comparative analysis method and content analysis method. Findings – this research forms the basis for conclusions about relevant business model elements and criteria, which de-serve closer attention while modelling FinTech business and could be relevant for evaluating the FinTech business model for sustainability reasons. Research limitations – in time, when there is no consistent theoretical approach to business modelling including aspects of sustainability, this could be the first step on the way of extending the business modelling theory and improving the practice. Practical implications – predefined criteria will enable focusing on particular criteria in the context of time, costs, flexibil-ity and quality within the business modelling and taking these indicators for measuring the performance of the model and manage the risk of getting commercially nonviable. Originality/Value – business model tools typically do not create a space for considering how sustainability concerns may be integrated into the business modelling process.

scholarly journals REFRAMING THE DEBATE: AGENDAS, FRAMING GOVERNANCE ISSUES AND THE POLITICS IN PMLN's GOVERNMENT FROM 2013 TO 2018

2020 ◽  
Vol 36 (02) ◽  
pp. 107-119
Author(s):  
Salman Amin ◽  
Ghulam Shabir ◽  
Saqib Riaz
Keyword(s):  
Economic Development ◽  
Content Analysis ◽  
Research Design ◽  
Analysis Method ◽  
News Stories ◽  
Quantitative Content ◽  
Content Analysis Method ◽  
Socio Economic Development ◽  
The Government ◽  
Level 2

The study aims to investigate the governance issues during regime of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) from 2013 to 2018 in the lenses of the English Pakistani newspapers. The sole purpose is to examine that how the newspapers framed the general issues, as it is showing the performance of the government. The research design was a quantitative content analysis method and analyzing frames "Good" and "Bad" in perspective of Agenda setting level 2 "Framing Theory". All news stories related to general issues were published in the selected Pakistani English newspapers from the (2013 to 2018) that has been analyzed. The census method applied to investigate the problem. The finding of the study revealed that the socio-economic development was not priority of an elected government and opposition parties hindered democracy by engaging it in an adversarial politics with the traditional political style. Moreover, elected democratic government was unable to uphold its pre-election promises.

scholarly journals Brazil in Spain: Agenda-setting in the Newspaper El País during President Lula da Silva’s Second Government Term

2017 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 146
Author(s):  
Derval Gomes Golzio
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Agenda Setting ◽  
Longitudinal Research ◽  
Analysis Method ◽  
Positive Information ◽  
Content Analysis Method

This paper stems from the second part of a longitudinal research that shows Brazilian image as portrayed by the Spanish newspaper El País, in its international section. The basis for the study was former Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s second presidential term, from 2007 to 2010. Through the content analysis method, 194 informative units about Brazil, including characters, places and events, were investigated for four years, distributed in 17 thematic categories. The results, when compared to President Lula’s first four years’ term show a decrease in the number of appearances in the news.  However, there are increasing positive information occurrences about the country and personalities often present in the news. O presente artigo é resultado parcial da segunda parte de pesquisa longitudinal sobre a imagem do Brasil na seção internacional do jornal espanhol El País, tendo como balizamento o mandato presidencial de Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, de 2007 a 2010. Através do método de Análise de Conteúdo foram verificadas 194 unidades informativas sobre o Brasil (personagens, lugares e acontecimentos), nos quatro anos, distribuídos em 17 categorias temáticas. Os resultados, quando comparados aos quatro primeiros anos do mandato do Presidente Lula, mostram uma diminuição no número de aparições, porém um grau maior de informações de caráter positivo sobre o país e os personagens que aparecem nas notícias.El presente artículo es resultado parcial de la segunda parte de investigación longitudinal (financiada por el Programa Erasmus Mundus, por medio de beca de estudio post doctoral realizado en la Universidad de Vigo/España) sobre la imagen de Brasil en la sección internacional del periódico español El País, teniendo como balizamiento el mandato residencial de Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, de 2007 a 2010, Com base   en el método del Análisis de Contenido fueran verificadas 194 unidades informativas sobre Brasil (personajes, lugares e acontecimientos) en los cuatro años, distribuidos en 17 categorías temáticas. Los resultados, cuando comparados a los cuatro primeros años del mandato del Presidente Lula, muestran una disminución en el número de apariciones, pero un grado más elevado de informaciones de carácter positivo sobre el país e los personajes que aparecen en las noticias.   

scholarly journals A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF SMART CONTRACTS AND ISLAMIC CONTRACTS

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (10) ◽  
pp. 316-325
Author(s):  
Azlin Alisa Ahmad ◽  
◽  
Mat Noor Mat Zain ◽  
Nur Diyana Amanina Zakaria ◽  
◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Content Analysis ◽  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
Illegal Drugs ◽  
Smart Contracts ◽  
Analysis Method ◽  
Smart Contract ◽  
Content Analysis Method

A smart contract is a computer protocol contract of which its innovation rooted from the traditional contract. However, Sharia-compliant transaction necessitates a contract to fulfils all pillars of Islamic contracts in order smart contract can be accepted as an innovation of Islamic contracts. Thus, this paper aims to make a comparison between Islamic contracts and smart contract on blockchain. This paper is a qualitative research by adopting content analysis method to analyze some related topics. The pillars of Islamic contract are compared with the smart contract to ensure whether the smart contract follows the guidelines of Islamic contract or vice versa. The analysis shows that smart contract does not entirely comply with the Islamic principles of a contract. Even though smart contract generally has three pillars of Islamic contract but in details, it does not comply with the Sharia principles. By comparing between the pillars of Islamic contract and smart contract on blockchain, it shows that smart contract on blockchain is not underline with the Islamic contracts pillars. Contracting parties participate in the smart contract does not recognize each other that can be lead to gharar. Meanwhile, every transaction in the smart contract allows prohibited subject matters such as illegal drugs, weapons where as it is not allowed in Islamic contracts transactions.

scholarly journals Pakistani Newspapers on Peace Talks with Tahrik e Taliban Pakistan

2015 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 47-60
Author(s):  
Muhammad Sohaib Subhani ◽  
Rooh ul Amin Khan, ◽  
Dr Khalid Sultan
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Agenda Setting ◽  
Media Coverage ◽  
English Language ◽  
Qualitative Content Analysis ◽  
Editorial Policy ◽  
Analysis Method ◽  
Content Analysis Method ◽  
The Media ◽  
Peace Negotiation

Negotiations between two parties always have newsworthiness. Results of the negotiations can be strongly influenced by the media coverage. Pakistan's government was also involved in peace negotiation with Tahrik e Taliban Pakistan (TTP) during January and February 2014. It was the most discussing issue in Pakistani media at that time. The aim of this research is to analyze the editorial policy of three Pakistani English language newspapers; Dawn, Nation and The News to check their favorable or unfavorable behavior regarding peace talks during January and February 2014. Agenda setting, priming and farming theories were used in this study. Qualitative content analysis method was used in this study to analyze the editorial policy of these three newspapers. Findings revealed that all these three newspapers gave significant coverage to the peace talks issue but Nation gave more coverage to the issue. Findings also revealed that Dawn and The News, most of the time showed neutral behavior but tilted towards unfavorable position regarding peace talks. Nation showed strongly unfavorable behavior regarding peace talks. So it is concluded that all these three newspapers were mostly against the peace talks and government and media were not on the same page on the issue of peace talks.

Sosyal medyada Suriye’li sığınmacılara yönelik algı: bir sözlük değerlendirmesi

2017 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 185-200 ◽  
Author(s):  
Servet Kardeş ◽  
Çağla Banko ◽  
Berrin Akman
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Social Media ◽  
Content Analysis ◽  
Syrian Refugees ◽  
Analysis Method ◽  
Social Media Platform ◽  
Content Analysis Method ◽  
Negative News ◽  
Media Platform ◽  
Made In

Bu araştırmada sığınmacılara yönelik paylaşımların yapıldığı sosyal medyada yer alan sözlüklerden birinde sığınmacılara yönelik algıya bakılmıştır. Yöntem olarak nitel desende olan bu çalışmada, bir sosyal medya sitesinde yer alan paylaşımlar içerik analizi yoluyla derinlemesine incelenip yorumlanmıştır. Araştırmanın sonucunda sosyal medya kullanıcılarının sığınmacıları büyük bir güvensizlik ortamı ve huzursuzluk yaratan bireyler olarak gördükleri saptanmış, sığınmacılarla yaşanan deneyimlerin ve medyadaki haberlerin bu düşüncelerin oluşmasında etkisinin olduğu belirlenmiştir. Bunun yanında sosyal medya kullanıcılarının devletin sığınmacılar konusunda yanlış politika izlediğini düşündükleri ve sığınmacılar için etkili bir planlama yapılmadığını ifade ettikleri görülmüştür. Çalışmanın sonuçları doğrultusunda medyada sığınmacılar hakkında çıkan haberlerde olumsuz ve şiddet temalı haberlerin azaltılması, Suriyeli sığınmacıların durumu, sahip oldukları haklar ve topluma yansımaları hakkında doğru ve bilgilendirici kamu spotları hazırlanması ayrıca sığınmacıların topluma entegre olma sürecinin her basamağında daha planlı ve etkili bir yol izlenmesi önerilebilir.ABSTRACT IN ENGLISHPerceptions about Syrian refugees on social media: an evaluation of a social media platformIn this research, posts which are about Syrian refugees were published in a social media platform, called as “sözlük” were investigated. The research is a qualitative research. The posts in this platform are analyzed with content analysis method. According to results of analyses, social media users see Syrian refugees as people who create an insecure and a restless environment. The experiences people had with them and news have an effect on this view. In addition, social media users think that government made inappropriate policies and ineffective plans about Syrian refugees. It is suggested negative news about Syrian refugees should be decreased and government should make safer policies. In addition, adaptation of refugees to society should be made in more planned and effective way.

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