Consensus Development on Poll Date Issue: Critical Analysis of Headline Discourse of Pakistani Print Media

Authors

  • Arshad Mahmood PhD Scholar, National University of Modern Languages, Islamabad, Pakistan , Cell No: 923078921112
  • Dr. Shamim Ali Assistant Professor, Department of English, Allama Iqbal Open University, Islamabad, Pakistan, Cell No: 923325265493
  • Dr. M. Shabbir Khan Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, University of Kotli, Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Pakistan, Cell. No: 923459719584

Keywords:

Consensus development, Discourse Analysis, Headline discourse, Pakistani print media, Political ideology, Poll date issue.

Abstract

Election is a very sensitive issue of every country because as a result of it, new political administration is elected by the people to run various matters of the state. In the developed countries, this democratic process is processed in a natural rhythm on proper time. But in the developing countries like Pakistan where democracy is not well rooted, election process is always uncertain due to unavoidable circumstances. Keeping in view the context, this study explores the role of media in representation of poll date issue for general elections 2013. In this respect, the headlines of three widely distributed English newspapers (DAWN, The News International and The Nation) have been selected by using Simple random sampling technique. The duration of the study ranges between July 2012 and December 2012 that is very significant pre-election period. Fairclough

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Published

2017-08-12

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Mahmood, A., Ali, D. S., & Khan, D. M. S. (2017). Consensus Development on Poll Date Issue: Critical Analysis of Headline Discourse of Pakistani Print Media. International Journal of Sciences: Basic and Applied Research (IJSBAR), 35(2), 10–21. Retrieved from https://www.gssrr.org/index.php/JournalOfBasicAndApplied/article/view/7793

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