Open AccessCritical Discourse Analysis of the Editorial Coverage of Osama Bin Laden Operation by the Pakistani Media
Author(s) -
Amna Zulfiqar,
Sadaf Asif,
Ayesha Siddiqua
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of peace, development and communication
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2663-7901
pISSN - 2663-7898
DOI - 10.36968/jpdc-v05-i01-21
Subject(s) - newspaper , framing (construction) , critical discourse analysis , context (archaeology) , political science , media studies , vocabulary , sociology , history , law , linguistics , politics , philosophy , archaeology , ideology
The article is intended to compare and analyze the media discourse in the editorials of twodaily English newspapers of Pakistan in the context of one of the most controversial antiterrorist operation which is named as the Osama Bin Laden (OBL) operation. For thispurpose editorials of two leading English newspapers of Pakistan i.e., Dawn and The Newswere selected from 3rd May, 2011, to 26th August, 2011. Moreover, the current studyemployed the method of critical discourse analysis and has also studied the theoretical notionof agenda setting and framing. Results reveal that The News used very strong, rather harshvocabulary during the editorial coverage of OBL operation. Whereas, Dawn adopted literaryphrases and less harsh tone to cover OBL operation. Also, editorials of both the newspapersconstructed similar frames such as “failure of military establishment” and “security lapse”throughout the coverage of OBL operation