Raising War Hysteria through Media Voice: A Critical Discourse Analysis of the Pakistani and Indian newspaper articles in war situation of February 2019.

Abstract

This research analyses the use of agenda proposed by pressure groups in India and Pakistan during high tension days of post Pulwama attack in the Indian held Kashmir region. The study is based on a comparative analysis of two newspaper articles from two newspapers (The Dawn from Pakistan and The Times of India from India). This study uses the critical analysis approach as proposed by Norman Fairclough (1989). It has been observed that media has a very powerful role in controlling the situation of war. It can play its role from both perspectives either positive or negative. It depends on the agenda that is followed by the media whether it wants to spread war or peace.