http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/gmcr.2021(VI-I).08
10.31703/gmcr.2021(VI-I).08
Published : Mar 2021
Newspapers in Peril: Rationalizing the Economic Challenges of Novel Coronavirus (Covid-19) upon Regional Journalists in Hyderabad, Sindh, Pakistan
Mass media play a decisive role in distributing health knowledge and awareness about health diseases. Covid-19 has been measured as the most dangerous health hazard of the 21st century that has constituted social, environmental and financial perils for humanity, including the media outlets. However, the Pakistani newspaper industry was already witnessing a decline in its readership and coronavirus has further deteriorated the situation for journalists working in regional newspapers. The methodological design using indepth interviews seeks to discover the financial difficulties faced by journalists employed in local or regional newspapers in Hyderabad city of Sindh province, Pakistan. The distress of unpaid salaries, financial security and paid leave were recognized as dominant elements that emerged during the present investigation as the extension to studies conducted concerning health communication. Therefore, this research suggests that government and business tycoons should financially collaborate with each other to consider challenges encountered by journalists for the survival of the newspaper industry in Pakistan.
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Covid-19, Economic Effects, Journalists, Newspaper Industry, Regional Newspapers
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(1) Farheen Qasim Nizamani
Assistant Professor, Department of Media & Communication Studies, University of Sindh, Jamshoro, Sindh, Pakistan.
(2) Muhammad Qasim Nizamani
Assistant Professor, Department of Media & Communication Studies, University of Sindh, Jamshoro, Sindh, Pakistan.
(3) Sikandar Hussain Soomro
Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, University of Sindh, Jamshoro, Sindh, Pakistan.
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APA : Nizamani, F. Q., Nizamani, M. Q., & Soomro, S. H. (2021). Newspapers in Peril: Rationalizing the Economic Challenges of Novel Coronavirus (Covid-19) upon Regional Journalists in Hyderabad, Sindh, Pakistan. Global Mass Communication Review, VI(I), 96-107. https://doi.org/10.31703/gmcr.2021(VI-I).08
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CHICAGO : Nizamani, Farheen Qasim, Muhammad Qasim Nizamani, and Sikandar Hussain Soomro. 2021. "Newspapers in Peril: Rationalizing the Economic Challenges of Novel Coronavirus (Covid-19) upon Regional Journalists in Hyderabad, Sindh, Pakistan." Global Mass Communication Review, VI (I): 96-107 doi: 10.31703/gmcr.2021(VI-I).08
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HARVARD : NIZAMANI, F. Q., NIZAMANI, M. Q. & SOOMRO, S. H. 2021. Newspapers in Peril: Rationalizing the Economic Challenges of Novel Coronavirus (Covid-19) upon Regional Journalists in Hyderabad, Sindh, Pakistan. Global Mass Communication Review, VI, 96-107.
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MHRA : Nizamani, Farheen Qasim, Muhammad Qasim Nizamani, and Sikandar Hussain Soomro. 2021. "Newspapers in Peril: Rationalizing the Economic Challenges of Novel Coronavirus (Covid-19) upon Regional Journalists in Hyderabad, Sindh, Pakistan." Global Mass Communication Review, VI: 96-107
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MLA : Nizamani, Farheen Qasim, Muhammad Qasim Nizamani, and Sikandar Hussain Soomro. "Newspapers in Peril: Rationalizing the Economic Challenges of Novel Coronavirus (Covid-19) upon Regional Journalists in Hyderabad, Sindh, Pakistan." Global Mass Communication Review, VI.I (2021): 96-107 Print.
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OXFORD : Nizamani, Farheen Qasim, Nizamani, Muhammad Qasim, and Soomro, Sikandar Hussain (2021), "Newspapers in Peril: Rationalizing the Economic Challenges of Novel Coronavirus (Covid-19) upon Regional Journalists in Hyderabad, Sindh, Pakistan", Global Mass Communication Review, VI (I), 96-107
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TURABIAN : Nizamani, Farheen Qasim, Muhammad Qasim Nizamani, and Sikandar Hussain Soomro. "Newspapers in Peril: Rationalizing the Economic Challenges of Novel Coronavirus (Covid-19) upon Regional Journalists in Hyderabad, Sindh, Pakistan." Global Mass Communication Review VI, no. I (2021): 96-107. https://doi.org/10.31703/gmcr.2021(VI-I).08