Language and Power: A Critical Discourse Analysis of Media Narratives on Civil-Military Relations in Pakistan

Abstract

This research aims to identify and analyze the linguistic preferences of Pakistani and Indian news articles during the coverage of prominent cross-border events and military engagements of the last decade. It attempts to provide in-depth understanding of the smart and careful utilization of different news frames by prominent Pakistani and Indian news articles in order to present the same event through different lenses of reality. The research also attempts to unveil the socio-political agendas that act as the main driving force behind Pakistani and Indian media for the different portrayal of the same cross-border and military engagements events through meticulous content analysis besides educating public of both countries about the role of media as a vehicle for building realities differently.