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Sindh Journalists' Perception about Media Freedom

Media have been attempted to be controlled by states since its beginning; particularly due to one of the purposes to build a positive image of the country and its political system. Since media deals with people's perception, this paper reports the perceptions of Sindh journalists about the level of media freedom, their professional autonomy, and the accreditation of Sindh journalists by the government. For this purpose, a crosssectional survey of the purposively sampled 576 Sindh journalists was conducted through distributing a selfcompletion questionnaire at the all district headquarter level press clubs and media outlets of Sindh province. Findings of the survey study painted a dim picture of media freedom, professional autonomy, and accreditation as described by Sindh Journalist.

Traditional Media Use of Journalists and Audiences in Sindh Province, Pakistan

Review of Journalism and Mass Communication, 2014

Media have become part and parcel in the routines of our everyday life. However, on the other hand media consumers have also become selective in their media preferences and choices to seek information. In this way, this study presents data about media consumption preferences of Sindh journalists and the widely consumed medium in Sindh in the opinion of Sindh journalists in Pakistan. A cross-sectional survey was conducted with a purposive and opportunistic sample of 576 Sindh journalists affiliated with print, electronic and wire-service media organisations. The key findings indicated that in the respect of print media the Sindh journalists preferred most to read newspaper. Whereas, in the perspective of electronic media it was observed that television was the highest consumed medium by the Sindh journalists. Additionally, the sample journalists viewed that among the Sindh audience the most widely consumed news medium is first, newspaper and then television.

Constriants in the Professionalisation of Journalism in Sindh province, Pakistan

Media is known as an important part of democracy. Therefore, any sort of influence upon news content is a matter of concern in the news media. Particularly in Pakistan it is sometimes difficult to work as an independent journalist. In such perspective, this paper analyses the factors that affect and hinder to the newsworkers in Sindh province, Pakistan from pursuing the objectivity norm in the profession of journalism. For this purpose, a cross-sectional survey was conducted to collect preliminary data with a close-ended questionnaire. The total number of purposively sampled respondents stood 576 working journalists employed in various print, broadcast and wire-service media organizations, both private and state-owned. The key findings mentioned that the Sindh journalists in Pakistan were influenced "a lot", descending order, first by the policies of their employing media organizations, second media laws and then third their own personal values.

Public Policy and Journalists' Perception in Pakistan

The present study explored the perceptions of Pakistani Journalists about public policy making on the issues; Women Protection Bill, Dengue Fever, Energy Crisis, and judicial Crisis, under Agenda Setting of Electronic News Channels and their Media Advocacy towards these issues. The survey of 567 Journalists from Lahore (275), Rawalpindi/Islamabad (247), and Peshawar (45) explored that journalists considered the significant role of Electronic News Channels on Public policy making. Two scales were designed to measure Public Policy; Government Performance (Cronbach Alpha= .88) and Level of Satisfaction (Cronbach Alpha= .903) towards government policies to resolve the aforementioned public issues. The study explored that more experienced journalists in Pakistan consumed more media and they were more critical towards government performance about public policies and less satisfied with government policies to resolve the public issues; Women Protection Bill, Dengue fever, Energy Crisis, and Judicial Crisis. Journalist ' Perceptio n Media Consump tion Demograp hics Governmen t Performanc e Level of Satisfactio n Electronic News Channels Public Policy

The Sindh journalists' perceptions about media freedom, professional autonomy & accreditation

Constriants in the Professionalisation of Journalism in Pakistan

Press Club Profile and Values of the Sindh Journalists in Pakistan

This paper provides some insights regarding a few features of press clubs in Sindh province, Pakistan; because membership of the journalistic organizations is considered by media researchers as one of the indicators of the level of professionalization. Hence, this research reveals not only the membership level but also that what type of journalists are more members of press clubs in Sindh province, either news reporting or newsroom journalists. Further, this study highlights about what perceptions Sindh journalists have developed regarding the press clubs in Sindh province, Pakistan and as well about the practice of sharing individually collected news information with each other by the Sindh journalists at press clubs.

Role of Media in Strengthening Democracy in Pakistan: Journalists' Perception

South Asian Studies, 2016

IntroductionDemocracy is a popular political notion in today's world, fair and free elections are the prerequisite of democracy and rule of the law, protection and freedom of human rights and supremacy of the constitution are important elements in true democratic system. Pakistan is one of those countries where democracy has been the slogan but true democracy never existed here as Pakistan has faced prolonged military regimes and transitory democracy due to the interests of the different groups in Pakistan. Media in Pakistan however has developed in the last decade and has emerged as a very powerful and influential tool in socio-political matters. Importance and power of Media can never be denied in democracies; media policies, media content and media persons have a direct or indirect influence on the audience. Media in Pakistan is playing a role of a political actor now-a-days. Under various governments' media in Pakistan faced restrictions. Almost all modern states allow f...

Perception of Media Freedom in Pakistan from Journalist’s Perceptive

2023

The research is designed to study media freedom in Pakistan, in reference to journalistic independence. To understand the levels of media freedom in the perception of journalists themselves, a survey was conducted on 120 senior journalists of mainstream print, electronic, and social media. This study aims to explore the relationship between journalistic independence and media freedom in Pakistan. This research has also observed the reasons for the downfall of media freedom in Pakistan. The model that was applied in this study is the Hierarchy of Influences Model by Shoemaker and Reese to measure the factors affecting media freedom. The Institutional theory by Meyer and Rowen was also applied to this research. A quantitative research method was used, and data was collected with the help of a survey through purposive sampling. The study has figured out from the analysis of journalists' perceptions that there is lack of media freedom and journalistic independence in Pakistan.

POLICY OF MEDIA OWNERS/ORGANISATIONS AND GOVERNMENTS TOWARDS JOURNALISTS IN PAKISTAN

This paper presents findings and insights about the relationship between media owners and the governments and their attitude and policy towards journalists and the profession of journalism or news media in Pakistan. It is based upon the primary data which was collected through conducting six focus group discussions in various districts of Sindh province. The paper is an answer to the assumptions that the news media and the personal welfare of the journalists are neglected in Pakistan on the part of media organizations and the governments. Rather both media owners and the politicians prefer to serve each other's vested interests like profit-maximizing and publicity. In this way some of the key findings surfaced that first, the non-implementation of the wage board award for journalists is a classic example of the unison of media organization owners and the government or politicians. Second, the various means to deter the news workers to work freely include threats, arrests, torture, job insecurity and feudal influence, particularly in rural areas.

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