Study of the International News Coverage in National and Regional English

Abstract

Revolution in the information and technology is the primary phenomenon behind the globalization which has resulted in the interdependence of the nations. The creation of various international groupings such as UN, ASEAN, BRICS, G8, G20 etc. is also the result of the technological convergence. In such a scenario, the issues which affect one country are the issues which impact the world as a whole too. The countries connected by international are now having the sense of belongingness towards each other. Terrorism isone such issue on which every country of the world has a say at this moment. The united effort by major powers todefeat terrorism at a front and the response of terrorists on such efforts is being reported in all newspapers. The incidents of terrorism at any place and its reporting innews dailies play an important part in determining the perspective of the masses on such issues. Further, news framing results in the different types of news frames in coverage of same issues. Through this study, the researcher has made an effort to study the detailed coverage of the ‘Paris Attacks’ of 13/11 in regional as well as national English dailies of Jalandhar (Punjab).