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REPORTING SINOINDIAN BORDER CONFLICT THROUGH PEACE JOURNALISM APPROACH

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http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/gmcr.2020(V-III).01      10.31703/gmcr.2020(V-III).01      Published : Sep 2020

Reporting Sino-Indian Border Conflict Through Peace Journalism Approach

Abstract

    The study attempts to analyze the coverage of recent Sino-Indian border conflict through peace and war journalism along with understanding how peace journalism ideals can be translated into conflict reporting. The descriptive analysis of news stories published from May 5, 2020, to October 5, 2020, in the mainstream contemporary English press of China (China Daily and Global Times) and India (Times of India and The Hindu) is carried out through content analysis. The period is significant because of the recent border conflict between China and India at Ladakh. The approach of peace and war journalism is explored through in-depth interviews of Indian and Chinese journalists. The study concluded that both Indian and Chinese press employed war framing more dominantly than peace framing while reporting on-going border conflict. A higher instance of peace journalism was recorded in the Chinese press in comparison to the Indian press. The ideals of peace journalism can be achieved by refraining from becoming part of the propaganda paradigm.

    Sino-Indian Border Conflict, Ladakh Conflict, Peace Journalism, War Journalism, Chines Press, Indian Press

    (1) Haseeb Ur Rehman Warrich
    Assistant Professor, Department of Arts & Media, Foundation University, Islamabad, Pakistan.
    (2) Rooh Ul Amin Khan
    Assistant Professor, Department of Media and Communication Studies, International Islamic University, Islamabad, Pakistan.
    (3) Salma Umber
    Assistant Professor, Department of Mass Communication, Govt College University Faisalabad, Punjab, Pakistan.
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APA

    APA : Warrich, H. U. R., Khan, R. U. A., & Umber, S. (2020). Reporting Sino-Indian Border Conflict Through Peace Journalism Approach. Global Mass Communication Review, V(III), 1-11. https://doi.org/10.31703/gmcr.2020(V-III).01

CHICAGO

    CHICAGO : Warrich, Haseeb Ur Rehman, Rooh Ul Amin Khan, and Salma Umber. 2020. "Reporting Sino-Indian Border Conflict Through Peace Journalism Approach." Global Mass Communication Review, V (III): 1-11 doi: 10.31703/gmcr.2020(V-III).01

HARVARD

    HARVARD : WARRICH, H. U. R., KHAN, R. U. A. & UMBER, S. 2020. Reporting Sino-Indian Border Conflict Through Peace Journalism Approach. Global Mass Communication Review, V, 1-11.

MHRA

    MHRA : Warrich, Haseeb Ur Rehman, Rooh Ul Amin Khan, and Salma Umber. 2020. "Reporting Sino-Indian Border Conflict Through Peace Journalism Approach." Global Mass Communication Review, V: 1-11

MLA

    MLA : Warrich, Haseeb Ur Rehman, Rooh Ul Amin Khan, and Salma Umber. "Reporting Sino-Indian Border Conflict Through Peace Journalism Approach." Global Mass Communication Review, V.III (2020): 1-11 Print.

OXFORD

    OXFORD : Warrich, Haseeb Ur Rehman, Khan, Rooh Ul Amin, and Umber, Salma (2020), "Reporting Sino-Indian Border Conflict Through Peace Journalism Approach", Global Mass Communication Review, V (III), 1-11

TURABIAN

    TURABIAN : Warrich, Haseeb Ur Rehman, Rooh Ul Amin Khan, and Salma Umber. "Reporting Sino-Indian Border Conflict Through Peace Journalism Approach." Global Mass Communication Review V, no. III (2020): 1-11. https://doi.org/10.31703/gmcr.2020(V-III).01