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Media Coverage of Children’s Rights: A Comparative Analysis of English and Urdu language Dailies of Pakistan
Abstract
Children are an integral part of the society since they cannot raisetheir concerns themselves, society as a whole is responsible for theirrights. Rights of children can become part of political and socialagendas in Pakistan if media also play its social responsibility rolemore effectively. The one year study of the leading newspapers ofPakistan aims to examine whether the rights of children were givenany prominence in the coverage or not. The study yields that thecoverage of Pakistani print media towards children's rights ofeducation, health, safety, and development was given hardly anyprominence. The findings also show a significant difference in theways English and Urdu dailies had given coverage to the issues ofchildren. Very few editorials, features, and columns were publishedon children's issues which depicts that there is no clear agenda orpolicy of the dailies to create awareness about the children's rightsand it is not playing its role towards the society in this regardresponsibly.
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