Open AccessMedia, War, and Peace: A Post Pulwama Comparative Study of India and Pakistan
Author(s) -
Farasat Rasool,
Arif Ahmad,
Zeeshan Zaighum
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-i01-30
Subject(s) - newspaper , elite , journalism , compromise , craft , political science , media studies , content analysis , peace and conflict studies , sociology , social science , law , history , politics , archaeology
According to Johan Galtung’s theory, war journalism and peace journalism are two frames.Peace journalism is a solution oriented while war journalism escalates conflicts. This studyaims at comparatively exploring the nature of coverage during a conflict. This paperexamines the role of the Pakistani and Indian elite press after the Pulwama attack, leading tothe Balakot airstrike. For the collection of data, researchers have selected four leading elitenewspapers i.e. two from Pakistan and two from India. The researchers have collected twomonth’s data after the incident of Pulwama leading to air craft conflict between the twostates. Data is collected through content analysis which is further analyzed. The findingsindicated that the media with dominate war frames compromise national security.