Lack of Hegemony in Pakistani Media Discourse on Terrorism:
Amer Akhtar
Broschiertes Buch

Lack of Hegemony in Pakistani Media Discourse on Terrorism:

A Critical Discourse Analysis

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In the face of the onslaught of terrorism the work reviews the language of the Pakistani media to discuss the creation of hegemony or lack thereof against terrorism. The main argument of the book is that the media, despite being strong advocates of fighting terrorism politically and militarily fail to utilise linguistic devices to create a hegemonic view of al-Qaeda and Taliban terrorists as hardcore criminals out to plunder the country. At the same time the media fail to present the accomplishments of the security forces in defeating terrorists. This has had immensely significant social reper...