Framing internal politics in a conflict situation: A study of the 2014 election campaign news in the local newspapers in the Indian-administered Kashmir region

IF 1.7 Q2 COMMUNICATION

Media War and Conflict Pub Date : 2020-06-01 DOI:10.1177/1750635218819416

Dr. Arif Hussain Nadaf

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Abstract

International conflict reporting and national media discourse of warring nations continue to dominate existing scholarship on media–conflict relationships. The literature on the subject lacks significant consideration towards understanding the relevance of local and sub-national media narratives in conflict situations. The existing literature on the media–conflict relationship in the conflict territory of Kashmir shows that the issue has been largely studied from the perspective of national news media in India and Pakistan. This study while engaging with the local news media in the Kashmir region, draws empirical evidence from the local newspapers in the context of the 2014 State Assembly election campaigns which took place amid unprecedented political polarization in the region. The findings from the content analysis revealed that the contested political issues between the political parties found higher resonance in the campaign news while the deliberation regarding the conflict in the region and its resolution had the least prevalence in the news discourse. This not only confirms the significant relevance of local news media and internal political dynamics in redefining the media–conflict relationship in the Kashmir conflict but also suggests the further need to engage with local and regional news narratives in conflict situations.

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冲突局势下的内部政治框架:印控克什米尔地区2014年当地报纸竞选新闻的研究

国际冲突报道和交战国家的国家媒体话语继续主导着现有的媒体冲突关系的学术研究。关于这一主题的文献在理解冲突局势中地方和次国家媒体叙述的相关性方面缺乏重要的考虑。从已有的关于克什米尔冲突地区媒体与冲突关系的文献来看，印度和巴基斯坦的媒体与冲突关系研究大多是从国家新闻媒体的角度进行的。本研究与克什米尔地区的当地新闻媒体合作，在2014年邦议会选举活动的背景下，从当地报纸中提取经验证据，该活动发生在该地区前所未有的政治两极分化中。内容分析的结果显示，政党之间的政治争议问题在竞选新闻中得到了更高的共鸣，而关于该地区冲突及其解决方案的审议在新闻话语中最不普遍。这不仅证实了地方新闻媒体和内部政治动态在重新定义克什米尔冲突中的媒体-冲突关系方面的重要相关性，而且还表明，在冲突局势中，需要进一步参与地方和区域新闻叙述。

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Media War and Conflict COMMUNICATION-

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3.60

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期刊介绍： Media, War & Conflict is a major new international, peer-reviewed journal that maps the shifting arena of war, conflict and terrorism in an intensively and extensively mediated age. It will explore cultural, political and technological transformations in media-military relations, journalistic practices, and new media, and their impact on policy, publics, and outcomes of warfare. Media, War & Conflict is the first journal to be dedicated to this field. It will publish substantial research articles, shorter pieces, book reviews, letters and commentary, and will include an images section devoted to visual aspects of war and conflict.