Dependency of Mainstream Pakistani English Newspapers on Foreign News Agencies: A Comparative Study of Daily Dawn and the News International

http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/gmcr.2018(III-I).01      10.31703/gmcr.2018(III-I).01      Published : Fall 2018
Authored by : AbidMehmood , SajjadAli

01 Pages : 1-17

http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/gmcr.2018(III-I).01      10.31703/gmcr.2018(III-I).01      Published : Dec 2018

Dependency of Mainstream Pakistani English Newspapers on Foreign News Agencies: A Comparative Study of Daily Dawn and the News International

    The aim of this research is to highlight the influence of foreign news agencies on daily Dawn and the News International. Quantities Content analysis has been done, while data collected from two newspapers of three month, 2016. The researcher collected data through purposive sampling technique and coding sheet was used as a tool. The results revealed that both newspapers relied on the foreign news agency. The content analysis explored that daily Dawn was more dependent on front page coverage whereas daily the News International was on the back page. The study also disclosed that daily the News International is giving more value to the foreign wires news than daily Dawn as it has published more news stories in double columns. The result of the research supported the hypotheses and the assumptions of the applied theories including Framing theory and Gatekeeping theory that foreign news agencies are Framing and filtering information.

    Dependency of Mainstream Pakistani English Newspapers on Foreign News Agencies: A Comparative Study of Daily Dawn and the News International.
    (1) Abid Mehmood
    M.Phil Scholar, Department of Mass Communication, Lahore Leads University, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan.
    (2) Sajjad Ali
    Assistant Professor, Department of Journalism & Mass Communication, University of Malakand, KP, Pakistan.
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    APA : Mehmood, A., & Ali, S. (2018). Dependency of Mainstream Pakistani English Newspapers on Foreign News Agencies: A Comparative Study of Daily Dawn and the News International. Global Mass Communication Review, III(I), 1-17. https://doi.org/10.31703/gmcr.2018(III-I).01
    CHICAGO : Mehmood, Abid, and Sajjad Ali. 2018. "Dependency of Mainstream Pakistani English Newspapers on Foreign News Agencies: A Comparative Study of Daily Dawn and the News International." Global Mass Communication Review, III (I): 1-17 doi: 10.31703/gmcr.2018(III-I).01
    HARVARD : MEHMOOD, A. & ALI, S. 2018. Dependency of Mainstream Pakistani English Newspapers on Foreign News Agencies: A Comparative Study of Daily Dawn and the News International. Global Mass Communication Review, III, 1-17.
    MHRA : Mehmood, Abid, and Sajjad Ali. 2018. "Dependency of Mainstream Pakistani English Newspapers on Foreign News Agencies: A Comparative Study of Daily Dawn and the News International." Global Mass Communication Review, III: 1-17
    MLA : Mehmood, Abid, and Sajjad Ali. "Dependency of Mainstream Pakistani English Newspapers on Foreign News Agencies: A Comparative Study of Daily Dawn and the News International." Global Mass Communication Review, III.I (2018): 1-17 Print.
    OXFORD : Mehmood, Abid and Ali, Sajjad (2018), "Dependency of Mainstream Pakistani English Newspapers on Foreign News Agencies: A Comparative Study of Daily Dawn and the News International", Global Mass Communication Review, III (I), 1-17
    TURABIAN : Mehmood, Abid, and Sajjad Ali. "Dependency of Mainstream Pakistani English Newspapers on Foreign News Agencies: A Comparative Study of Daily Dawn and the News International." Global Mass Communication Review III, no. I (2018): 1-17. https://doi.org/10.31703/gmcr.2018(III-I).01