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COVERING CHINA PAKISTAN ECONOMIC CORRIDOR CPEC HOW THE NEWS AND PEOPLES DAILY DEVELOP SOCIAL MEDIA DISCOURSE SINCE ITS INCEPTION

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http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/gmcr.2020(V-IV).15      10.31703/gmcr.2020(V-IV).15      Published : Dec 2020

Covering China - Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC): How 'The News' and 'People's Daily' Develop Social Media Discourse Since Its' Inception

Abstract

    The present study explores how 'CPEC' is covered and treated by the two eminent English newspapers The News (Pakistani Newspaper) and the People's daily (Chinese Newspaper) through their Facebook's official pages through the keyword search "China - Pakistan Economic Corridor" from the year 2015-19. The broader aspects, categories are formed; as development, economy, political, social, strategic and other, examined the treatment on their frequency and semantic network analysis on positive, negative and neutral frames through coding sheet. For this purpose, the quantitative content analysis is conducted to examine that how 'CPEC' is covered, framed and treated by the said newspaper at their official Facebook pages. The findings of the study reveal that 'China - Pakistan Economic Corridor' is projected significantly more strategic than economic on the posts appeared on the Chinese and Pakistani newspaper. The coverage appeared on The News is varied from positive, neutral and negative.

    China- Pakistan Economic Corridor, Framing, Treatment, The New

    (1) Mudassar Hussain Shah
    Assistant Professor, Department of Communication and Media Studies, University of Sargodha, Punjab, Pakistan.
    (2) Sadaf Asif
    Lecturer, Department of Mass Communication, National University of Modern Languages Islamabad, Pakistan.
    (3) Raja Arslan Ahmad Khan
    MS, Department of Media and Communication Studies, International Islamic University, Islamabad, Pakistan.
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Cite this article

APA

    APA : Shah, M. H., Asif, S., & Khan, R. A. A. (2020). Covering China - Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC): How 'The News' and 'People's Daily' Develop Social Media Discourse Since Its' Inception. Global Mass Communication Review, V(IV), 204-216. https://doi.org/10.31703/gmcr.2020(V-IV).15

CHICAGO

    CHICAGO : Shah, Mudassar Hussain, Sadaf Asif, and Raja Arslan Ahmad Khan. 2020. "Covering China - Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC): How 'The News' and 'People's Daily' Develop Social Media Discourse Since Its' Inception." Global Mass Communication Review, V (IV): 204-216 doi: 10.31703/gmcr.2020(V-IV).15

HARVARD

    HARVARD : SHAH, M. H., ASIF, S. & KHAN, R. A. A. 2020. Covering China - Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC): How 'The News' and 'People's Daily' Develop Social Media Discourse Since Its' Inception. Global Mass Communication Review, V, 204-216.

MHRA

    MHRA : Shah, Mudassar Hussain, Sadaf Asif, and Raja Arslan Ahmad Khan. 2020. "Covering China - Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC): How 'The News' and 'People's Daily' Develop Social Media Discourse Since Its' Inception." Global Mass Communication Review, V: 204-216

MLA

    MLA : Shah, Mudassar Hussain, Sadaf Asif, and Raja Arslan Ahmad Khan. "Covering China - Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC): How 'The News' and 'People's Daily' Develop Social Media Discourse Since Its' Inception." Global Mass Communication Review, V.IV (2020): 204-216 Print.

OXFORD

    OXFORD : Shah, Mudassar Hussain, Asif, Sadaf, and Khan, Raja Arslan Ahmad (2020), "Covering China - Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC): How 'The News' and 'People's Daily' Develop Social Media Discourse Since Its' Inception", Global Mass Communication Review, V (IV), 204-216

TURABIAN

    TURABIAN : Shah, Mudassar Hussain, Sadaf Asif, and Raja Arslan Ahmad Khan. "Covering China - Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC): How 'The News' and 'People's Daily' Develop Social Media Discourse Since Its' Inception." Global Mass Communication Review V, no. IV (2020): 204-216. https://doi.org/10.31703/gmcr.2020(V-IV).15