scholarly journals Coverage of Islam in the Western Press: Exploring Episodic and Thematic Frames

2021 ◽  
Vol Volume 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 151-162
Author(s):  
Hina Nawaz ◽  
Prof. Dr. Syed Abdul Siraj
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Framing Theory ◽  
Washington Post ◽  
Political Leaders ◽  
Quantitative Content Analysis ◽  
Quantitative Content ◽  
The Guardian

This study is primarily a quantitative content analysis that attempts to explore episodic as well as thematic frames related to Islam and Muslims in the Guardian (UK), the Washington Post (USA), the Australian (Australia) and the National Post (Canada). The research aims to find out the extent and nature of the coverage of episodic and thematic frames in the selected newspapers on Islam and Muslims. The study also aims to explore the tone of coverage of the Western political leaders about Islam and Muslims in the selected newspapers. Drawing on framing theory and Said’s Orientalism/Occidentalism, this study found out that overall the coverage had more negative frames used for Islam and Muslims. Most of the stories were on Stereotypes/Prejudices/fundamentalism followed by Racism/Religious frame. Western newspapers have racial and stereotypical predispositions towards Islam and its adherents. Furthermore, Islam was framed more often as threatful and intolerant religion. It was also found out that in all the selected newspapers, coverage of the Western politicians was more harsh and negative than positive towards Islam and Muslims.

scholarly journals Portrayal of civil and military leadership of Pakistan: Content analysis of Newspapers of UK and USA during PPP regimes

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 134-152
Author(s):  
Shahzad Ali ◽  
Ahmer Safwan ◽  
Muhammad Makkey Bhutta
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Content Analysis ◽  
Research Methodology ◽  
Print Media ◽  
New York Times ◽  
Military Leadership ◽  
Washington Post ◽  
Quantitative Content Analysis ◽  
News Stories ◽  
Quantitative Content

Civil and military leadership of Pakistan have always played tremendous role and formulating and executing different policies regarding every issue of state. The significance of mainstream print media cannot be neglected as it forms public option regarding civil and military institutions in all countries. There, the research has been designed to analyse portrayal of Pakistani civil and military leadership by four newspapers of UK and USA (Telegraph, Guardian, New York Times & Washington Post) during tenures of PPP (1995-1996 & 2008-2013). Quantitative content analysis has been adapted as research methodology to analyse features/articles, editorials and news stories in 9 major categories and 13 sub-categories with total 4053 published items in domain of civil & military leadership of Pakistan regarding different issues of the tenures of Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP). Findings have divulged that British and American newspapers covered news stories against of military leadership of Pakistan especially in category of terrorism while greater pro-civilian coverage has been found in comparison of pro- military coverage in tenures PPP. Mr. Asif Ali Zardari has been covered with more negative representation before in power as compared to his regime as President of Pakistan. On the basis of cumulative representation in all categories, overall impression of Pakistan has been reflected negative and unfavourable in British and American Print Media.

scholarly journals Drawing the Foreign Rivalry: Depiction of Indo-Pak Relations in Political Cartoons of Mainstream Pakistani and Indian English Newspapers (2014-2017)

2019 ◽  
Vol IV (I) ◽  
pp. 8-20
Author(s):  
Ayesha Ashfaq ◽  
Saba Ijaz ◽  
Savera Shami
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Significant Role ◽  
Framing Theory ◽  
Political Cartoons ◽  
Quantitative Content Analysis ◽  
Indian English ◽  
National Interests ◽  
Image Construction ◽  
Quantitative Content ◽  
Foreign Policies

Political cartoons play a significant role in the image construction of nations on the basis of foreign policies and relationships. Therefore, this paper is an attempt to examine the treatment of English newspapers of Pakistan and India to portray the Indo-Pak relationship in their political cartoons. This paper also analyzes the signs and symbols used to construct images during conflicts. Political cartoons of Dawn, Express Tribune from Pakistan and Times of India and The Hindu from India published June 2014 to July 2017 are selected. The methods of quantitative content analysis and semiotics are applied under the umbrella of framing theory. It concludes that political cartoons follow national interests in both countries with reference to rivalry between India and Pakistan and constructed the image as “we are the best” and “they are the worst”. It also highlights that terrorism is the most depicted issue by the cartoonists of both sides.

scholarly journals Representation of US, Pakistani Government and its Military after the Operation ‘Neptune Spear’ in The New York Times and The Guardian

2021 ◽  
Vol IV (III) ◽  
pp. 10-19
Author(s):  
Amir Hamza Marwan ◽  
Danish Baber ◽  
Khayam Hassan
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Content Analysis ◽  
Research Study ◽  
New York Times ◽  
Military Intelligence ◽  
Quantitative Content Analysis ◽  
The New York Times ◽  
Quantitative Content ◽  
The Us ◽  
The Guardian

This research study looks at the representation of USand Pakistani governments and their military in the coverage of TheNew York Times and The Guardian after the Abbottabad Operation.The coverage of these two newspapers has been studied for theconsecutive ten days. The aim is to show that whether these twonewspapers stayed critical or friendly of the Pakistani and the USgovernments? Will it also demonstrate that was the Pakistanigovernment criticized more in the coverage than its military? Thefindings, based on the Quantitative Content Analysis, demonstratethat The New York Times was more critical of the Pakistanigovernment than The Guardian. It further shows that both thenewspapers criticized the Pakistani military/ Intelligence Agenciesmore than the Pakistani government. The findings also reveal thatboth the newspapers appreciated the US in their coverage.

scholarly journals Identity entrepreneurship in political commemorations: A longitudinal quantitative content analysis of commemorative speeches by leaders of parties in power and opposition before and during the Greek economic crisis

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 582-599
Author(s):  
Theofilos Gkinopoulos
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Historical Event ◽  
Institutional Identity ◽  
Political Leaders ◽  
Quantitative Content Analysis ◽  
Quantitative Content ◽  
Political Speeches ◽  
Socialist Movement ◽  
New Democracy ◽  
Historical Past

This study analyses quantitatively the content of thirty-nine political speeches made by political leaders of three political parties – New Democracy, Panhellenic Socialist Movement (PASOK) and Coalition of the Radical Left (SYRIZA) – of different status represented in the Greek parliament. The leaders of these parties release annual commemorative speeches of the restoration of Greek democracy on 24th July 1974. The focus of this study is on longitudinally analysing the content of commemorative speeches, looking at how political leaders communicate the historical event, by quantifying through a content analysis various forms of ingroups and outgroups in their annual commemorations. Such constructions were ventured during a period of 13 years, from 2004 to 2016, before and during the break out of financial crisis in 2010. Longitudinal quantitative content analysis identified differences in the use of we-referencing and they-referencing language, varying per status of parties and context of release of commemorative speeches. I view commemorative speeches as a non-neutral history-related business that requires mobilisation of audiences in different ways and different contexts. Implications of commemorating the historical past across time as institutional identity practice are discussed.

scholarly journals The construction of the Arab-Islamic issue in foreign news: Spanish newspaper coverage of the Egyptian revolution

2020 ◽  
Vol 45 (s1) ◽  
pp. 765-787
Author(s):  
Alfonso Corral ◽  
Leen d’Haenens
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Newspaper Coverage ◽  
Quantitative Content Analysis ◽  
Egyptian Revolution ◽  
Cultural Discourses ◽  
Quantitative Content ◽  
Foreign News ◽  
International Event

AbstractThe aim of this article is to analyze how the Spanish newspapers covered an international event such as the Egyptian spring from 2011 to 2013. From the perspective of the representation of Arab-Islamic issues, this study carries out a quantitative content analysis on the four reference newspapers in Spain (ABC, El Mundo, El País, and La Vanguardia) to find out whether there was an Islamophobic or Islamophilic treatment during the Egyptian revolution. The results of the 3,045 articles analyzed show that Spanish newspapers were remarkably interested in Egyptian events and that cultural discourses were not relevant in the coverage. However, it is necessary to specify these outcomes by newspaper, because each paper proposed its own take on the matter based on information provided by press agencies.

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