What is it about?
The article investigates the coverage of the United States and Pakistan relations in the mainstream American newspapers. The study is based on the content analysis of the two American newspapers "The New York Times" and the "USA Today during the year 2012-13. Although the United States and Pakistan have been political international ally for the last seven decades, the history of the bilateral relations is full of doubts and mistrusts that can easily be seen in the results of this study. The results show that the American newspapers gave a highly negative image of Pakistan especially regarding the issue of terrorism and mutual cooperation.
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Why is it important?
The relations of the two countries (Pakistan and US) are highly significant for the whole Globe because these relations directly or indirectly affect the world's politics. Both countries have been strong ally during the war against terrorism in the last 16 years but still there is an acute lack of trust between their governments as well as their public. The image studies have become highly significant because they set the public agenda and the audience opinion is shaped by the media coverage. The negative coverage of Pakistan might have created a negative image of Pakistan among American citizens.
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I conducted this research during my one-year stay at the School of Journalism Indiana University Bloomington USA during 2012-13 under the supervision of Professor Jim Kelly. I received great help from the resources of the Indiana University.and also from the colleagues and Professors of the then School of Journalism and now The Media School of Indiana University. The research project was supported by the Higher Education Commission of Pakistan as a Post-Doctoral research study. I am sanguine the current study will open new doors of intellectual debate in the global perspective and it will be useful for the think tanks and policy makers of the United States as well as Pakistan.
Saqib Riaz
Allama Iqbal Open University
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This page is a summary of: Coverage of The United States-Pakistan Relationsin American Newspapers, African and Asian Studies, September 2017, Brill,
DOI: 10.1163/15692108-12341099.
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