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ELITE OFFICIAL SOURCES AND THE COVERAGE OF THE FIRST WAVE OF COVID19 PANDEMIC A CASE STUDY OF DAWN AND THE NEWS

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http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/gsr.2022(VII-I).08      10.31703/gsr.2022(VII-I).08      Published : Mar 2022

Elite Official Sources and the Coverage of the First Wave of COVID-19 Pandemic: A Case Study of Dawn and The News

Abstract

    This research study investigates the coverage of Dawn and The News during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic to understand whom they relied on most to share the story of the COVID-19 pandemic with their readers. Sources cited or quoted in the news stories play a significant role in emphasizing the particular aspect of the coverage. The researchers studied the selected newspapers' news coverage for one month, from March 13, 2020, to April 13, 2020. The findings, based on the content analysis, reveal that both the selected mainstream newspapers relied more on the elite official sources to share the story of the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic - by sidelining the general public, health experts and victims of the COVID-19 pandemic. Thus, the newspapers failed to reflect on the issue through people's, victims, and health experts' voices. Thus, they faced failure to observe the diversity and investigative line in coverage.

    Elite Sources, Dominance, Dawn, The News, COVID-19 Pandemic

    (1) Madeeha Naz
    MPhil Scholar, Department of Journalism & Mass Communication, University of Peshawar, KP, Pakistan.
    (2) Amir Hamza Marwan
    Lecturer, Department of Journalism & Mass Communication, University of Peshawar, KP, Pakistan. Email: hamzamarwan@uop.edu.pk (Corresponding Author)
    (3) Ayesha Anwar
    Lecturer, College of Home Economics, University of Peshawar, KP, Pakistan.
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Cite this article

APA

    APA : Naz, M., Marwan, A. H., & Anwar, A. (2022). Elite Official Sources and the Coverage of the First Wave of COVID-19 Pandemic: A Case Study of Dawn and The News. Global Sociological Review, VII(I), 72-81. https://doi.org/10.31703/gsr.2022(VII-I).08

CHICAGO

    CHICAGO : Naz, Madeeha, Amir Hamza Marwan, and Ayesha Anwar. 2022. "Elite Official Sources and the Coverage of the First Wave of COVID-19 Pandemic: A Case Study of Dawn and The News." Global Sociological Review, VII (I): 72-81 doi: 10.31703/gsr.2022(VII-I).08

HARVARD

    HARVARD : NAZ, M., MARWAN, A. H. & ANWAR, A. 2022. Elite Official Sources and the Coverage of the First Wave of COVID-19 Pandemic: A Case Study of Dawn and The News. Global Sociological Review, VII, 72-81.

MHRA

    MHRA : Naz, Madeeha, Amir Hamza Marwan, and Ayesha Anwar. 2022. "Elite Official Sources and the Coverage of the First Wave of COVID-19 Pandemic: A Case Study of Dawn and The News." Global Sociological Review, VII: 72-81

MLA

    MLA : Naz, Madeeha, Amir Hamza Marwan, and Ayesha Anwar. "Elite Official Sources and the Coverage of the First Wave of COVID-19 Pandemic: A Case Study of Dawn and The News." Global Sociological Review, VII.I (2022): 72-81 Print.

OXFORD

    OXFORD : Naz, Madeeha, Marwan, Amir Hamza, and Anwar, Ayesha (2022), "Elite Official Sources and the Coverage of the First Wave of COVID-19 Pandemic: A Case Study of Dawn and The News", Global Sociological Review, VII (I), 72-81

TURABIAN

    TURABIAN : Naz, Madeeha, Amir Hamza Marwan, and Ayesha Anwar. "Elite Official Sources and the Coverage of the First Wave of COVID-19 Pandemic: A Case Study of Dawn and The News." Global Sociological Review VII, no. I (2022): 72-81. https://doi.org/10.31703/gsr.2022(VII-I).08