Pak–India relations: A comparative analysis of political cartoons

IF 1.7 Q2 COMMUNICATION Media War and Conflict Pub Date : 2023-07-01 DOI:10.1177/17506352231184156

Fraz Bakhtiar, M. Ismail, F. Baig

{"title":"Pak–India relations: A comparative analysis of political cartoons","authors":"Fraz Bakhtiar, M. Ismail, F. Baig","doi":"10.1177/17506352231184156","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"A picture is worth than a thousand words. Political cartoons are an important genre in media content and can be used as a tool for propaganda in peace and war times. Permanent hostilities and rising media outlets in the region between India and Pakistan increased the importance of media to cool down hostilities. This study attempts to explore the role of political cartoons in escalated tensions between India and Pakistan, due to the Uri base and Pathankot terrorist attacks in 2016. Therefore, two daily newspapers – DAWN from Pakistan and Times of India from India – published from 1 July 2016 to 31 December 2016 were selected for frame analysis. Findings revealed that both newspapers published 82 cartoons relevant to the study, 29 in DAWN and 53 in Times of India. Analysis of the data reveals that five themes are present in the cartoon content: blame game, Kashmir conflict, role of international actors, peace efforts and dialogue, and water dispute. Blaming the other is dominant in the Times of India and peace efforts and dialogue in DAWN. The Times of India mostly supported Indian government and DAWN rejected the Pakistani stance in cartoon coverage regarding Pak–India relations.","PeriodicalId":45719,"journal":{"name":"Media War and Conflict","volume":"57 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.7000,"publicationDate":"2023-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Media War and Conflict","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1177/17506352231184156","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q2","JCRName":"COMMUNICATION","Score":null,"Total":0}

引用次数: 0

Abstract

A picture is worth than a thousand words. Political cartoons are an important genre in media content and can be used as a tool for propaganda in peace and war times. Permanent hostilities and rising media outlets in the region between India and Pakistan increased the importance of media to cool down hostilities. This study attempts to explore the role of political cartoons in escalated tensions between India and Pakistan, due to the Uri base and Pathankot terrorist attacks in 2016. Therefore, two daily newspapers – DAWN from Pakistan and Times of India from India – published from 1 July 2016 to 31 December 2016 were selected for frame analysis. Findings revealed that both newspapers published 82 cartoons relevant to the study, 29 in DAWN and 53 in Times of India. Analysis of the data reveals that five themes are present in the cartoon content: blame game, Kashmir conflict, role of international actors, peace efforts and dialogue, and water dispute. Blaming the other is dominant in the Times of India and peace efforts and dialogue in DAWN. The Times of India mostly supported Indian government and DAWN rejected the Pakistani stance in cartoon coverage regarding Pak–India relations.

查看原文

微信好友朋友圈 QQ好友复制链接

本刊更多论文

巴印关系:政治漫画的比较分析

一幅图胜过千言万语。政治漫画是媒体内容的重要类型，在和平时期和战争时期都可以作为宣传工具。印度和巴基斯坦之间持续的敌对行动和不断增加的媒体渠道增加了媒体对缓和敌对行动的重要性。本研究试图探讨政治漫画在印度和巴基斯坦之间紧张局势升级中的作用，原因是2016年乌里基地和帕坦科特恐怖袭击。因此，选取2016年7月1日至2016年12月31日出版的两份日报——巴基斯坦的DAWN和印度的Times of India进行框架分析。调查结果显示，两家报纸都发表了82幅与该研究相关的漫画，《黎明》29幅，《印度时报》53幅。数据分析显示，漫画内容中存在五个主题:指责游戏，克什米尔冲突，国际行动者的作用，和平努力和对话，以及水资源争端。指责对方在《印度时报》上占主导地位，在《黎明报》上占主导地位的是和平努力和对话。《印度时报》大多支持印度政府，《黎明报》拒绝巴基斯坦在关于巴印关系的漫画报道中的立场。

本文章由计算机程序翻译，如有差异，请以英文原文为准。

求助全文

约1分钟内获得全文去求助

来源期刊

Media War and Conflict COMMUNICATION-

CiteScore

3.60

自引率

15.40%

发文量

期刊介绍： Media, War & Conflict is a major new international, peer-reviewed journal that maps the shifting arena of war, conflict and terrorism in an intensively and extensively mediated age. It will explore cultural, political and technological transformations in media-military relations, journalistic practices, and new media, and their impact on policy, publics, and outcomes of warfare. Media, War & Conflict is the first journal to be dedicated to this field. It will publish substantial research articles, shorter pieces, book reviews, letters and commentary, and will include an images section devoted to visual aspects of war and conflict.