Abstract
This study aims to explore the role of Pakistani media as watchdog.
It employs content analysis to examine the editorials of six leading
Pakistani English and Urdu language dailies published in 2015. The
researcher developed an index to measure the watchdog role in the
editorials which consisted of two dimensions Information and
Criticism. The main findings exhibited that the editorials of the
leading Pakistani English and Urdu language dailies did not play
their watchdog role satisfactorily. At the same time, comparing the
watchdog role dimensions, the editorials were more informative
and less critical. The findings also show that the performance of the
watchdog role of the editorials of the English language dailies was
comparatively better than the editorials of the Urdu language
dailies. Keeping in view the Journalism‘s theory of democracy, the
Pakistani newspapers did not play their part to strengthen
democracy by providing the public with the required political
information which comes from the proper watchdog role of media.
Raja Muhammad Shahbaz Siddique, Dr. Bushra H. Rahman. (2017) Watchdog Role of Media: An Exploratory Study of the Editorials of the leading Pakistani English and Urdu language Dailies, Journal of Media Studies, Volume 32, Issue 2.
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