Naslov
Framing a friendly dictator : comparative analysis of the western newsmagazine coverage of Pakistani president Pervez Musharraf after September 11

Autori
Obad, Orlanda

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Ocjenski radovi, magistarski rad

Fakultet
School of Journalism and Mass Communication

Mjesto
Chapel Hill, SAD

Datum
15.03

Godina
2003

Stranica
100

Mentor
Curtin, Patricia

Ključne riječi
framing; media coverage; September 11; Pakistan; Pervez Musharraf

Sažetak
After Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf became an American ally following the September 11 attacks, the U.S. mainstream magazines framed this dictator as a modern and pro-Western leader. This framing analysis examined the coverage of Musharraf in three newsmagazines - Newsweek, Time and U.S. News & World Report - between September 11, 2001, and February 28, 2002. The newsmagazines emphasized Musharraf's biographical and personal characteristics that made him different from his nation of "fundamentalists" and closer to the West. Positive sides of Musharraf's dictatorship were emphasized, especially those that yielded to the American interests in the region. The negative effects of Musharraf's rule, especially in the domain of human rights, were either justified or completely omitted from the frame. Findings suggest that the Cold War frame that the U.S. media used in the international coverage in the 1980s recently merged with a "West versus Islam" frame.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Politologija, Informacijske i komunikacijske znanosti, Sociologija

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