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Covering Faith-Based Violence: Structure and Semantics of News Reporting in Pakistan

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Faith-Based Violence and Deobandi Militancy in Pakistan

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In “Covering Faith-Based Violence: Structure and Semantics of News Reporting in Pakistan”, Abbas Zaidi argues that although hard news reporting is considered to be the most objective of all journalistic genres, it may often be biased. Using the appraisal model within the systemic-functional linguistics paradigm, Zaidi shows that the reporting in Pakistan can be as biased as any other journalistic genre. His chapter focuses on a case study where the Shias of Pakistan were victims of a Deobandi terror campaign. However, through its reporting, the media portrayed the Shias as the aggressors and the Deobandis as the victims..

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  1. University of New South Wales, Kensington, NSW, Australia

    Abbas Zaidi

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  1. University of Huddersfield , Huddresfield, United Kingdom

    Jawad Syed

  2. Auckland University of Technology , Auckland, New Zealand

    Edwina Pio

  3. Government College University , Lahore, Pakistan

    Tahir Kamran

  4. School of the Arts & Media, The University of New South Wales , Australia

    Abbas Zaidi

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Zaidi, A. (2016). Covering Faith-Based Violence: Structure and Semantics of News Reporting in Pakistan. In: Syed, J., Pio, E., Kamran, T., Zaidi, A. (eds) Faith-Based Violence and Deobandi Militancy in Pakistan. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-349-94966-3_4

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