Title of article :
US Mass Media and Image of Afghanistan: Portrayal of Afghanistan by Newsweek and Time
Author/Authors :
Shabir, Ghulam Islamia University of Bahawalpur - Department of Media Studies, Pakistan , Ali, Shahzad Bahauddin Zakariya University - Department of Mass Communication, Pakistan , Iqbal, Zafar International Islamic University - Centre for Media and Communication Studies, Pakistan
Abstract :
The study aims at investigating as how Afghanistan is being represented and portrayed in two leading US magazines - Newsweek and Time. Prefatory pages of the paper shed some light on the growth of economy and media in Afghanistan followed by a brief overview of relations between the US and Afghanistan during the last decade. The contents of twenty leading articles of Newsweek and Time were analyzed which clearly depicts that the proportion of negative coverage (57.08%) was greater than the positive coverage (6.08%). Newsweek and Time mainly represented Afghanistan as an abode of Taliban and extremism, penitentiary for women, a narcotics den, a centre for Islamization, and a safe haven for Al-Qaida and Usama Bin Laden, to include a few.
Keywords :
Afghanistan , Taliban , Al , Qaida , Mullah Umar and Usama Bin Ladan
Journal title :
South Asian Studies: A Research Journal of South Asian Studies
Journal title :
South Asian Studies: A Research Journal of South Asian Studies
