dc.contributor.advisor |
Kemp, Geoff |
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dc.contributor.author |
Shah, Janvi |
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dc.date.accessioned |
2023-01-25T01:08:46Z |
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dc.date.available |
2023-01-25T01:08:46Z |
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dc.date.issued |
2022 |
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dc.identifier.uri |
https://hdl.handle.net/2292/62569 |
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dc.description.abstract |
The global news media coverage of India has increased in the last decade. India's geopolitical and economic landscape has attracted Western news media's attention and changed the course and presentation of coverage. The study aims to explore the fairness of representation of India in the Western news media. Specifically, it investigates the perspective of Western news media on specific political events in India in the last five years. In this context, the research is divided into three case studies: the general elections in 2019, the protests against the farmers act and the citizenship amendment act, and India's management of the COVID-19 pandemic. The research is a combination of media content analysis and discourse analysis. The study has attempted to examine the reportage of news coverage of India-related news in two international newspapers, the New York Times and the Guardian. The two newspapers are renowned and have a high readership in India. A total of 52 articles are studied to identify and compare coverage of India-related news in these newspapers. The study lays emphasis on the themes of news coverage, textual analysis, the words and language used to define events and Indian leaders, and headlines and images in news articles. The different aspects undertaken to conduct the research are news articles, editorials, and observations of scholarly literature in the same field. Further, the study reviews editorials from an Indian newspaper, the Hindustan Times to compare and contrast the various nuances of coverage in similar areas of interest to the Western news media. The study’s findings show that political reporting of India reflects a religious preoccupation in Western print media. News coverage accurately portrays the Indian government as Hindu nationalists; however, a problem lies in portraying Hindu nationalism as the core of every significant policy decision, resulting in coverage that lacks in-depth analysis and facts. The study concludes that the language of articles reporting India-related news attach negative connotations to Indian politics. |
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dc.publisher |
ResearchSpace@Auckland |
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dc.relation.ispartof |
Masters Thesis - University of Auckland |
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dc.relation.isreferencedby |
UoA |
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dc.rights |
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dc.rights.uri |
https://researchspace.auckland.ac.nz/docs/uoa-docs/rights.htm |
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dc.rights.uri |
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/nz/ |
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dc.title |
Analysing the Perspective of Western News Media on Indian Politics |
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dc.type |
Thesis |
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thesis.degree.discipline |
Politics and International Relations |
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thesis.degree.grantor |
The University of Auckland |
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thesis.degree.level |
Masters |
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dc.date.updated |
2022-12-05T22:53:17Z |
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dc.rights.holder |
Copyright: the author |
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dc.rights.accessrights |
http://purl.org/eprint/accessRights/OpenAccess |
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