THE KASHMIR CRISIS: REFLECTIONS IN GLOBAL MEDIA AFTER REVOCATION OF ARTICLE 370

Abstract

The news media is regarded as a powerful force that can sway opponents and their behavior in times of conflict. The type of journalism that is offered to the warring parties determines whether this effect is beneficial or harmful. Making the opposing party accountable for the conflict and emphasizing violence in news reports are likely to make things worse. On the other side, consistent reporting on the potential and necessity of peace could help to create a political environment that is favorable to peace talks. This study looks at the Kashmir dispute in this setting, although there hasn't been much empirical reporting on Kashmir, especially since Article 370 was repealed.The purpose of this is to profile the type of coverage that the international news media.al-jazeera covered the more Responsibility and conflict frame that the government is responsible for the issue in Kashmir if they can handle it, they can do it at any cost. As compared to cnn focused on the Responsibility and conflict frame but its result shows average. As BBC focused on the human-interest frame. However, the results show that these three channels covered few stories on the international representation of the Kashmir issue which the media highlighted on international forums. And result represents that these channels are not focused on the international condemnation frame. Still, here according to the analysis, the al-jazeera highlighted a few news stories about the international condemnation and reaction from the global. Still government not taking any action except Pakistan and the media is not very free to show the truth. This issue got high coverage on BBC as compared to others and between two conflicted countries Pakistan and India and still a hot topic for both countries.