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FRAMING OF ABROGATION OF ARTICLE 370 IN THE US AND UK PRESS A CONTENT ANALYSIS OF THE NEW YORK TIMES AND THE GUARDIAN

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http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/glsr.2022(VII-II).15      10.31703/glsr.2022(VII-II).15      Published : Jun 2022

Framing of Abrogation of Article 370 in the US and UK Press: A Content Analysis of the New York Times and the Guardian

Abstract

    This Research Paper is an attempt to investigate how leading newspapers in the US and UK framed the issues of Kashmir after the revocation of Article 370. Using the content analysis method this study also aims to understand the frames used in the news stories and Editorials published by these newspapers, from August 5th, 2019 to August 5th, 2020. A total of 113 news stories with numerous frames have been published in both “The New York Times and The Guardian”. The former newspaper published 54 news stories with 13 on the front page and 41 on the international page. While "The Guardian" published 59 news stories with 11 on the front and 48 on the international page. Similarly, a total of 17 Editorials were published during a one-year period whereas "The New York Times" published 8 with both positive and negative tones.

     

    Historical Frame, Legal Frame, Nation-State Frame, Law & Order Frame, Democracy Frame, Humanitarian Rights Frame, Pak-India Frame, Other Frame

    (1) Musaddiq Suleman
    MS Scholar, Department of Media and Communication Studies, International Islamic University, Islamabad, Pakistan.
    (2) Bin Yamin Khan
    Lecturer, Department of Communication & Media Studies, Hazara University Mansehra, KP, Pakistan.
    (3) Rooh ul Amin Khan
    Assistant Professor, Department of Media & Communications Studies, International Islamic University, Islamabad, Pakistan.
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Cite this article

APA

    APA : Suleman, M., Khan, B. Y., & Khan, R. u. A. (2022). Framing of Abrogation of Article 370 in the US and UK Press: A Content Analysis of the New York Times and the Guardian. Global Legal Studies Review, VII(II), 119-125. https://doi.org/10.31703/glsr.2022(VII-II).15

CHICAGO

    CHICAGO : Suleman, Musaddiq, Bin Yamin Khan, and Rooh ul Amin Khan. 2022. "Framing of Abrogation of Article 370 in the US and UK Press: A Content Analysis of the New York Times and the Guardian." Global Legal Studies Review, VII (II): 119-125 doi: 10.31703/glsr.2022(VII-II).15

HARVARD

    HARVARD : SULEMAN, M., KHAN, B. Y. & KHAN, R. U. A. 2022. Framing of Abrogation of Article 370 in the US and UK Press: A Content Analysis of the New York Times and the Guardian. Global Legal Studies Review, VII, 119-125.

MHRA

    MHRA : Suleman, Musaddiq, Bin Yamin Khan, and Rooh ul Amin Khan. 2022. "Framing of Abrogation of Article 370 in the US and UK Press: A Content Analysis of the New York Times and the Guardian." Global Legal Studies Review, VII: 119-125

MLA

    MLA : Suleman, Musaddiq, Bin Yamin Khan, and Rooh ul Amin Khan. "Framing of Abrogation of Article 370 in the US and UK Press: A Content Analysis of the New York Times and the Guardian." Global Legal Studies Review, VII.II (2022): 119-125 Print.

OXFORD

    OXFORD : Suleman, Musaddiq, Khan, Bin Yamin, and Khan, Rooh ul Amin (2022), "Framing of Abrogation of Article 370 in the US and UK Press: A Content Analysis of the New York Times and the Guardian", Global Legal Studies Review, VII (II), 119-125

TURABIAN

    TURABIAN : Suleman, Musaddiq, Bin Yamin Khan, and Rooh ul Amin Khan. "Framing of Abrogation of Article 370 in the US and UK Press: A Content Analysis of the New York Times and the Guardian." Global Legal Studies Review VII, no. II (2022): 119-125. https://doi.org/10.31703/glsr.2022(VII-II).15