Policing the Priming and Gatekeeping Dilemma: A Comparative Analysis of Pakistan Democratic Movement in ARY News & Geo News

Journal of Media and Entrepreneurial Studies Pub Date : 2023-02-23 DOI:10.56536/jmes.v3i.26

Nimra Zaffer, M_shabbir_sarwar Muhammad Shabbir Sarwar, Aqsa_zaffer Aqsa Zaffer

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This study aims to assess the coverage of the Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) in prime-time news bulletins of private national television news channels: ARY News & Geo News. The researcher carried out a content analysis to address issues such as misrepresentation, fabrication, manipulation, and under-representation of activities and events related to the coverage of PDM. Using the theoretical framework of ‘Priming’ in Agenda Setting Theory and Gatekeeping Theory, a comparative analysis has been conducted in relation to the coverage of PDM’s four main processions in Lahore, Bahawalpur, Multan, and Peshawar. The researcher selected 16 prime-time news bulletins of both ARY News & Geo News — through the purposive sampling technique — from 22nd Nov to 23rd January 2021. Eight of these news bulletins were aired on the days of the processions; while the other eight were aired the day following these processions. The findings of this study indicated that in comparison to Geo News, ARY News was more anti-biased in the representation of events concerning PDM — as it manipulated the perception of its viewers regarding PDM by feeding them fabricated and manipulative news. Moreover, ARY News also under-represented the actual concerns of PDM.

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监管启动与把关困境:巴基斯坦民主运动在ARY新闻与地理新闻中的比较分析

本研究旨在评估巴基斯坦民主运动(PDM)在私人国家电视新闻频道(ARY news & Geo news)黄金时段新闻简报中的报道。研究人员进行了内容分析，以解决与PDM报道相关的活动和事件的错误陈述、捏造、操纵和代表性不足等问题。利用议程设置理论和守门人理论中的“启动”理论框架，对拉合尔、巴哈瓦尔布尔、木尔坦和白沙瓦四个PDM主要游行的覆盖范围进行了比较分析。研究人员通过有目的的抽样技术，从2021年11月22日至1月23日，选择了16条ARY新闻和地理新闻的黄金时段新闻公报。这些新闻公报中有八篇在游行当天播出;而其他八则是在游行的第二天播出的。这项研究的结果表明，与地理新闻相比，ARY新闻在关于PDM事件的报道中更具反偏见性，因为它通过向观众提供捏造和操纵的新闻来操纵他们对PDM的看法。此外，ARY新闻也没有充分反映PDM的实际关切。

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