THE COMPARATIVE STUDY OF COVERAGE OF VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN IN THREE NATIONAL NEWS PAPERS: THE COMPARATIVE STUDY OF COVERAGE OF VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN IN THREE NATIONAL NEWS PAPERS

CH Muhammad Rasheed Sal; M. ZAFAR IQBAL; BAKHT RAWAN

Authors

Prof. CH Muhammad Rasheed Sal Comwave Institute Sarhad University F/8/Markaz Islamabad
DR. M. ZAFAR IQBAL Dean of Social Sciences and Professor of Media Studies, International Islamic University, Islamabad
DR. BAKHT RAWAN Associate Professor, Department of Mass Communication Allama Iqbal Open University

Keywords:

Print Media, Coverage, Awareness, violence, Domestic, threats, Harassment

Abstract

This study is designed to check and investigate the assertion by various research studies worldwide that violence against women is rarely reported in the mainstream media. The findings of the current study make it abundantly clear the above assertion. The study contently analyzed the nature, extent and treatment of the violence against women in three Pakistani elite newspapers including Dawn, The News and The Nation. The issue got minimum coverage in the press. The stories reported were placed in the lower portions of city pages and only physical violence was reported and other manifestation of violence were ignored. The three newspapers also differed from each other in various forms while reporting the issue.

Author Biographies

DR. M. ZAFAR IQBAL, Dean of Social Sciences and Professor of Media Studies, International Islamic University, Islamabad

Dean of Social Sciences and Professor

DR. BAKHT RAWAN, Associate Professor, Department of Mass Communication Allama Iqbal Open University

Associate Professor

THE COMPARATIVE STUDY OF COVERAGE OF VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN IN THREE NATIONAL NEWS PAPERS