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PROFESSIONAL ROLES AND INFLUENCES OF JOURNALISM IN PAKISTAN

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http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/gsssr.2022(VII-II).14      10.31703/gsssr.2022(VII-II).14      Published : Jun 2022

Professional Roles and Influences of Journalism in Pakistan

Abstract

    Conflict coverage is a tough task for any journalist who is a member of a community or has an affiliation with any of the conflicting parties. Moreover, such events have some moral and professional dilemmas. Such dilemmas create tension between the professionalism of journalists and their feeling for their community. This piece of research, focusing on journalism in Pakistan, explores how reporters think of their position in struggling-affected societies. Face-to-face interviews with journalists explore their reflections and state their roles. The findings display journalists do now not have a black-and-white identity but an unpredictable one. Journalists now affix a position of journalism and relevant concepts in society. Journalism between multiple identities of journalists moves differently depending upon the situation.

    Journalism, Influences, Watchdog, Advocacy, Self-censorship

    (1) Zil e Huma
    Lecturer, Department of Media Studies, University of Balochistan, Quetta, Balochistan, Pakistan.
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