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RADICAL MEDIA THE STORY OF THE FAZLULLAH RADIO IN SWAT

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http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/gmcr.2023(VIII-I).02      10.31703/gmcr.2023(VIII-I).02      Published : Dec 2023

Radical Media: The Story of the Fazlullah Radio in Swat

Abstract

    This study qualitatively analyzes the role of an FM Radio Station in escalating militancy and penetrating radical thinking among the people of Swat. The Fazlullah radio was an illegal broadcaster initially established for the translation of the Holy Quran but later switched to radical content and challenged the writ of the government. The study finds that the legitimate media channel being licensed for serving the national interest could not strategically counter the contents of this radio by airing contents for immediate gratification of the information needs of people; consequently, the community had to depend on this radio. The Fazlullah radio, through his agenda set for contents, has badly influenced people's minds and caused massive destruction in the valley by ultimately compelling its residents to leave their hometown and become internally displaced persons. The radio has spread violence through its radical content in the region, and that affected the whole of Pakistan.

    Radical Media, Fazlullah Radio, Swat, Militancy, Talibanization

    (1) Bakht Zaman
    Assistant Professor, Department of Journalism & Mass Communication, University of Peshawar, KP, Pakistan.
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CHICAGO

    CHICAGO : Zaman, Bakht. 2023. "Radical Media: The Story of the Fazlullah Radio in Swat." Global Mass Communication Review, VIII (I): 9-21 doi: 10.31703/gmcr.2023(VIII-I).02

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    HARVARD : ZAMAN, B. 2023. Radical Media: The Story of the Fazlullah Radio in Swat. Global Mass Communication Review, VIII, 9-21.

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    MHRA : Zaman, Bakht. 2023. "Radical Media: The Story of the Fazlullah Radio in Swat." Global Mass Communication Review, VIII: 9-21

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    MLA : Zaman, Bakht. "Radical Media: The Story of the Fazlullah Radio in Swat." Global Mass Communication Review, VIII.I (2023): 9-21 Print.

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    OXFORD : Zaman, Bakht (2023), "Radical Media: The Story of the Fazlullah Radio in Swat", Global Mass Communication Review, VIII (I), 9-21

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