Exploring Dominant Aspect of Pak-Russia Relations in Pakistani Print Media During 2015-2019
Keywords:
Print Pakistani media, Newspaper, Pak-Russia relation, framing theory.Abstract
Media in a country reflects its policies and priorities. It also plays important role in relations with other states. An analysis of print media in Pakistan shows various aspects, such as political, cultural, economic and strategic, of its relations with Russia. Frequency of themes in Pakistani print media shows mutual interest and improvement in relations. This research, explores dominant aspect of Pak-Russia bilateral relations, through the analysis of five daily newspapers, the Dawn, The Frontier Post, The News, The Tribune and The Nation. Predominantly qualitative method , complemented by Quantitative data has been employed with the framework of Framing Theory. This article attempts to answer the question that how Pakistani print media frame Russia to audience and which dominant aspect of mutual relations is being focused?
