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The areas hard-hit by terrorism in Pakistan receive the lowest coverage by electronic media, concluded a study conducted by a media development organization, InterMedia, listing Fata, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) and Balochistan as the worst affected but out of TV screens.
In contrast, target killing in Karachi gets the maximum coverage meaning thereby the electronic media is urban-centric and politicised.
According to the study based on monitoring from January to March this year, the print media has relatively covered the conflict far better than the electronic media. However, both have done only event reporting and in-depth coverage of the conflicts is a rare phenomenon.
The study has found that 60% of terrorism-related stories have been reported from Fata and KP alone. Among them, 32% of terrorism related news was related to Fata. The KP follows with 28%, Balochistan 24%, Punjab 8%, Islamabad 6%, Gilgit-Baltistan 2% and Kashmir 1%.
Going by the print media coverage, Fata appeared in terrorism-related stories as many as 161 times during three-month period under examination whereas TV channels flashed only 17 stories from the tribal region.
From KP, print media reported as many as 143 terrorism incidents whereas electronic media gave space to 51 occurrences only. Most of the reported acts of terrorism comprised of bombing incidents carried out by militants.
The print media reported as many as 123 such incidents from Balochistan from January to March this year but on TV, the number of related news items was only 15. Most of the terrorism reported from Balochistan mentioned target killing, armed fighting and skirmishes.
As for as Sindh is concerned, Karachi registered instances of violence thus figured frequently in related news items. In print media, as many as 119 violence related stories were published in three-month period whereas TV reported 56 stories, compared to Fata and Balochistan together wherefrom 32 incidents were reported, out of 284 covered by the print media. Target killing remained the most reported form of terrorism from Sindh as 75% of the violence related stories were about it.
Noting the better coverage of Sindh in terrorism-related incidents, the InterMedia report says Karachi is usually linked to political upheaval, and TV is a heavily politicised medium, the focus on politically driven terrorism is not surprising. On the other hand, news about Fata and KP seems to be relatively underplayed on TV; one of the reasons might be TV channels inability to included news about the death/killings of security officials in the prime time bulletin, explains the report.
In Punjab, the print media reported 41 news items whereas the number of items appeared on TV was 16. The acts of terrorism most reported from Punjab were related to the kidnapping. Given the amount of terrorism, the TV coverage in Punjab was relatively higher.
As Islamabad is not subject to as many terrorism incidents as the rest of the country, there were 28 news stories relating terrorism generated from January to March 2012. Most of them quoted release of reports, talks between government officials on this issue or contained analysis of the national situation.
Gilgit-Baltistan is generally considered a fairly peaceful region. In three-month duration, the region featured in 12 published stories and most of them were about target killing incidents. Azad Jammu and Kashmir appeared only once in the monitored papers but not even once on TV. The story published was about a protest on a target killing attempt that occurred last year.
Source: Study shows terrorism-hit areas get less coverage on media - thenews.com.pk
The areas hard-hit by terrorism in Pakistan receive the lowest coverage by electronic media, concluded a study conducted by a media development organization, InterMedia, listing Fata, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) and Balochistan as the worst affected but out of TV screens.
In contrast, target killing in Karachi gets the maximum coverage meaning thereby the electronic media is urban-centric and politicised.
According to the study based on monitoring from January to March this year, the print media has relatively covered the conflict far better than the electronic media. However, both have done only event reporting and in-depth coverage of the conflicts is a rare phenomenon.
The study has found that 60% of terrorism-related stories have been reported from Fata and KP alone. Among them, 32% of terrorism related news was related to Fata. The KP follows with 28%, Balochistan 24%, Punjab 8%, Islamabad 6%, Gilgit-Baltistan 2% and Kashmir 1%.
Going by the print media coverage, Fata appeared in terrorism-related stories as many as 161 times during three-month period under examination whereas TV channels flashed only 17 stories from the tribal region.
From KP, print media reported as many as 143 terrorism incidents whereas electronic media gave space to 51 occurrences only. Most of the reported acts of terrorism comprised of bombing incidents carried out by militants.
The print media reported as many as 123 such incidents from Balochistan from January to March this year but on TV, the number of related news items was only 15. Most of the terrorism reported from Balochistan mentioned target killing, armed fighting and skirmishes.
As for as Sindh is concerned, Karachi registered instances of violence thus figured frequently in related news items. In print media, as many as 119 violence related stories were published in three-month period whereas TV reported 56 stories, compared to Fata and Balochistan together wherefrom 32 incidents were reported, out of 284 covered by the print media. Target killing remained the most reported form of terrorism from Sindh as 75% of the violence related stories were about it.
Noting the better coverage of Sindh in terrorism-related incidents, the InterMedia report says Karachi is usually linked to political upheaval, and TV is a heavily politicised medium, the focus on politically driven terrorism is not surprising. On the other hand, news about Fata and KP seems to be relatively underplayed on TV; one of the reasons might be TV channels inability to included news about the death/killings of security officials in the prime time bulletin, explains the report.
In Punjab, the print media reported 41 news items whereas the number of items appeared on TV was 16. The acts of terrorism most reported from Punjab were related to the kidnapping. Given the amount of terrorism, the TV coverage in Punjab was relatively higher.
As Islamabad is not subject to as many terrorism incidents as the rest of the country, there were 28 news stories relating terrorism generated from January to March 2012. Most of them quoted release of reports, talks between government officials on this issue or contained analysis of the national situation.
Gilgit-Baltistan is generally considered a fairly peaceful region. In three-month duration, the region featured in 12 published stories and most of them were about target killing incidents. Azad Jammu and Kashmir appeared only once in the monitored papers but not even once on TV. The story published was about a protest on a target killing attempt that occurred last year.
Source: Study shows terrorism-hit areas get less coverage on media - thenews.com.pk
