Centre of Media and Communication Studies,
Islamabad
Pakistan
Review Article
Anchorperson: An Emerging Phenomenon in the Electronic Media
Author(s): Muhammad Khalil Khan and Farish Ullah YousafzaiMuhammad Khalil Khan and Farish Ullah Yousafzai
This research study mainly focuses the imprudent role of the anchorpersons working in different news and
current affair channels as an emerging phenomenon in electronic media. The study was designed to investigate the perceptions of audience members regarding the role of anchorpersons in different TV talk shows. In this study, I hypothesize that the anchorpersons are biased toward certain political parties/groups and trying to impose their own point of view on the panel and ultimately on the viewers; and they are not following the basic ethics of fairness and objective approach that is the fundamental duty of the information media. Descriptive survey research technique was used to find out what exists at the moment in the audience’s perception about anchorpersons. Two hundred forty respondents were selected through proportionate stratified random sampling technique. Gende.. Read More»
DOI:
10.4172/2165-7912.1000131
Journal of Mass Communication & Journalism received 205 citations as per Google Scholar report