Discovering Human Rights Journalism in Pakistani English dailies reporting Baluchistan conflict

Baluchistan Conflict, Pakistani English press, HRJ, HWJ

Authors

  • Tariq Mehmood

Keywords:

Baluchistan Conflict, Pakistani English press, HRJ, HWJ

Abstract

Human rights journalism (HRJ) model has been applied in this study investigating the contents of two leading English dailies of Pakistan reporting on Baluchistan conflict which has caused massive human rights loss and violation in last several decades. The selected dailies, The News International and Dawn, found both with human rights journalism (HRJ) and human wrong journalism (HWJ) in year 2016. The Dawn has reported many such stories with less HRJ whereas The News International has reported comparatively few stories but with more HRJ,solution-oriented news.

Author Biography

Tariq Mehmood

Tariq Mehmood is Assistant Professor of Mass Communication at Baluchistan University of
Information Technology, Engineering and Management Sciences, Quetta

Journal of Peace, Development & Communication

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Published

2020-10-15

How to Cite

Mehmood, T. (2020). Discovering Human Rights Journalism in Pakistani English dailies reporting Baluchistan conflict: Baluchistan Conflict, Pakistani English press, HRJ, HWJ. Journal of Peace, Development and Communication, 1(Issue-1). Retrieved from https://www.pdfpk.net/ojs/index.php/jpdc/article/view/21