Journal of Mass Communication & Journalism

Buddhi Prasad Sharma

Publications

• Research Article
  A Community of Common Destiny or Geopolitics? Representations of China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) in Transnational Press
  Author(s): Usman Umer, Buddhi Prasad Sharma and Nazia HussainUsman Umer, Buddhi Prasad Sharma and Nazia Hussain
  
  Today, media form and often fuel the narrative which inevitably covers mega infrastructural projects. This study examines, through the content analysis, how the transnational, i.e., Pakistan, China and India, press frames China- Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) Framing was applied as a theoretical foundation of the study which was most relevant and congruent to the aim of the research. By using multi-stage sampling technique, a sample of 399 news stories from timeline of April 20, 2015 to April 30, 2017 was drawn from the selected press to explore the frames used while reporting CPEC. By and large, the findings indicate that the transnational press presented CPEC as an economic game-changer which would help stakeholders build a community of common destiny. At an individual level, the Pakistani press focuses on the presentation of the economic game-changer whereas the Chinese and the .. Read More»
  

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