Hamid Raza Khan is a civil servant currently heading the public relations department of a public sector organization. His writings for Criterion Quarterly are: Impact of Transnational Media on Broadcasting in Pakistan Media and Construction of Community ‘Media Event’ and Contemporary Media: An Analysis Media Policy and PEMRA: Comparisons with UK and USA Media Management […]
by Hamid Raza Khan* *The author is a civil servant currently heading the public relations department of a public sector organization. Introduction In the recent months, Pakistan’s media industry and the government have been locked into a drawn-out controversy over complaints by the former that the volume of government advertising which historically served as a
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by Hamid Raza Khan* *The author is a civil servant currently heading the public relations department of a public sector organization. Abstract This paper examines the relationship between the media and public policy agenda setting with a focus on analyzing the role of media in helping the policy-makers communicate with the citizens and deliver them
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By Hamid Raza Khan[1] Abstract Electronic media in Pakistan has registered a tremendous growth over the last one decade after the liberalization of airwaves by the military government of General Pervez Musharraf. The growth in the broadcast sector was facilitated, overseen and regulated by the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA) which was established on
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By Hamid Raza Khan* Introduction Media events’ is a popular term which has become the focus of media and communications studies research in recent times. The term has been coined by Dayan and Katz in their book ‘Media Events: The Live Broadcasting of History’ which they call a study of “festive viewing of television.” What
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by Hamid Raza Khan* Traditionally, the media has been organised to perform a variety of socio-political roles such as the provision of information, education, entertainment and transmission of values. However, a key role any national media is expected to perform at any given time is the creation of a national identity and sense of unity
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By Hamid Raza Khan* Introduction The advent of globalization and the proliferation of modern communication technologies have led to the emergence of a new media order which has dramatically reshaped national boundaries. This has, in turn, made it difficult for countries to restrict worldwide cultural flows and control forces of global communications. Giving way to
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