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Fear of War among Newspaper Readers: A Study of Pulwama Incident

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  • Nimra Gul
  • Sajjad Ali
  • Faiza Latif
  • Fazal Rahim Khan

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The aim of this research was to find out relationship between newspaper readers fear effects and Pulwama incident. The rationale behind the selection of topic was to measure the level of fear of war at the time of crisis between two countries. This study is based on quantitative methodology, whereas, survey research method was applied. For the data collection, the researcher applied questionnaire comprises 23 closed-ended questions from 50 respondents through purposive sampling method. The results revealed that both newspapers covered the issue, which spread fear of war among them due to repeatedly news stories, blaming contents, over presentation, exaggeration, LOC war like situation, biased and manipulated information. The correlation findings supported the hypotheses significantly that there is association between fear of war and newspaper reading.

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  • Nimra Gul & Sajjad Ali & Faiza Latif & Fazal Rahim Khan, 2020. "Fear of War among Newspaper Readers: A Study of Pulwama Incident," Asian Social Science, Canadian Center of Science and Education, vol. 16(7), pages 1-30, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:ibn:assjnl:v:16:y:2020:i:7:p:30
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