Abstract
The research aims at addressing the burning issue of journalism promoting
particular political attitudes through author’s choice of particular attitudinal meanings;
focusing on the portrayal of Pakistani premiers in international print media. News coverage
contains the subjective voice of the authors and projects their ideology and perspectives. The
study aims at showing how focused and selective coverage of Pakistan leads to an overall
negative image of Pakistan in the world. The evaluative discourse analysis to look at the issue
at hand, offers detailed understanding of the kind of attitude that is exhibited towards
Pakistani Premiers. It reveals how language divulges the stance taken by the authors and their
intersubjective positioning of their receptors. The findings show that there is a connection
between the viewpoint of a newspaper and its socio-cultural perspective. Moreover there is a
sense of ridicule and sarcasm in the portrayal of Pakistani Premiers.
Tazanfal Tehseem, Tehmina Mumtaz Malik. (2019) Portraying the Premiers in Press: Appraising the Journalistic Voice in Reporting Pakistani Politics, The ELF Annual Research Journal, Volume 21, Issue 1.
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