From Terrorism to Television

Dynamics of Media, State, and Society in Pakistan

• Author(s): Qaisar Abbas, Farooq Sulehria,
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis
• Pages: 216
• ISBN_10: 1000167364
  ISBN_13: 9781000167368
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Social Science / Media Studies , Political Science / General , Political Science / Terrorism , Political Science / Human Rights , Political Science / Political Freedom , Political Science / Political Process / General , Political Science / International Relations / General , Political Science / Civil Rights , Political Science / Political Process / Media & Internet , Political Science / World / Asian , Political Science / Censorship , Social Science / General , Social Science / Regional Studies , Language Arts & Disciplines / Journalism , Social Science / Sociology / General , Social Science / Anthropology / Cultural & Social , Language Arts & Disciplines / Communication Studies , History / General ,

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This book unpacks the media dynamics within the socio-cultural, political, and economic context of Pakistan. It provides an in-depth, critical, and scholarly discussion of contemporary issues such as media, state, and democracy in Pakistan; freedom of expression in Pakistani journalism; Balochistan as a blind spot in mainstream newspapers; media control by state institutions; women and media discourses; TV talk shows and coverage of Kashmir; feminist narrative and media images of Malala Yousufzai and Mukhtaran Mai; jihad on screen; and Osama bin Laden’s death on screen, to understand the relation between media and terrorism. The book covers diverse media types including TV, radio, newspapers, print media, films, documentary, stage performance, and social media.

Detailed, interdisciplinary, analytical, and with original perspectives from journalists as well as academics, this volume will be useful to scholars and researchers of media studies, Pakistan studies, politics and international affairs, military and terrorism studies, journalism and communication studies, and South Asian studies. It will also interest general readers, policy makers, and those interested in global journalism, mass media, and freedom of expression.