Abstract
This study examines the violation of media ethics through prime time news bulletins in leading Pakistani news channels. The objective of this study is to examine the role of prime time news bulletins in which they promote sensationalism in society, influence the people and set their perception on certain issues and to discuss whether they follow media ethics or not. The social responsibility theory is used, the methodology is a survey method and a questionnaire is used as a tool for data collection. The sample drawn for the study is a 100 which comprises of youth. The results of the study suggest that most of the people agree that news bulletins over-emphasize specific issues to create hype and promote sensationalism in society. Moreover the study justifies that prime time news bulletins of Pakistani channels promote sensationalism that leads towards the violation of media ethics.

Saman Riaz. (2015) Media ethics: A study of prime time news bulletins of leading Pakistani news channels , Journal of Media Studies, Volime 30, Issue 2.
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