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http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/gsr.2020(V-IV).02      10.31703/gsr.2020(V-IV).02      Published : Dec 2020

Print Media Role in Promotion of Human Rights in Pakistan

Abstract

    The current study is an exploratory study of Pakistan's print media to understand its role in the promotion of Human rights as their promotion is the basic duty of every state as per the United Nations agenda. It is the content analysis of four national dailies, both Urdu and English. Study finds out that there is no significant difference among both types of papers in publishing news regarding Human Rights. But Urdu papers published more news about Human Rights as compare to English Dailies. Both type of newspapers mostly published news about loss & damages and the statements. Pakistani press is not conscious about the United Nations Agenda of "Promotion of Human Rights is the responsibility of the states" and publishes the news about incidents objectively. Professional journalists should differentiate between the "Human right journalism and human wrong journalism".

    Print Media, Promotion, Human Rights, Exploratory, Human wrong journalism.

    (1) Irem Sultana
    Assistant Professor, Department of Mass Communication, Government College University, Faisalabad, Punjab, Pakistan.
    (2) Rao Shahid Mahmood Khan
    Assistant Professor, Department of Media Studies, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Punjab, Pakistan.
    (3) Ifra Iftikhar
    Assistant Professor, Department of Mass Communication, Lahore Garrison University, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan.
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    CHICAGO : Sultana, Irem, Rao Shahid Mahmood Khan, and Ifra Iftikhar. 2020. "Print Media Role in Promotion of Human Rights in Pakistan." Global Sociological Review, V (IV): 10-18 doi: 10.31703/gsr.2020(V-IV).02

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    HARVARD : SULTANA, I., KHAN, R. S. M. & IFTIKHAR, I. 2020. Print Media Role in Promotion of Human Rights in Pakistan. Global Sociological Review, V, 10-18.

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    MHRA : Sultana, Irem, Rao Shahid Mahmood Khan, and Ifra Iftikhar. 2020. "Print Media Role in Promotion of Human Rights in Pakistan." Global Sociological Review, V: 10-18

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    MLA : Sultana, Irem, Rao Shahid Mahmood Khan, and Ifra Iftikhar. "Print Media Role in Promotion of Human Rights in Pakistan." Global Sociological Review, V.IV (2020): 10-18 Print.

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    OXFORD : Sultana, Irem, Khan, Rao Shahid Mahmood, and Iftikhar, Ifra (2020), "Print Media Role in Promotion of Human Rights in Pakistan", Global Sociological Review, V (IV), 10-18

TURABIAN

    TURABIAN : Sultana, Irem, Rao Shahid Mahmood Khan, and Ifra Iftikhar. "Print Media Role in Promotion of Human Rights in Pakistan." Global Sociological Review V, no. IV (2020): 10-18. https://doi.org/10.31703/gsr.2020(V-IV).02