A Comparative Study of Similar Narratives Between Television Dramas, Newspapers, and Twitter: An Integrated Critical Discourse Analysis

Abstract

This study delves into the difference of narratives’ representations between Pakistani television dramas, and both social and print media (Twitter and newspaper). Although most of the Pakistani dramas try to shape the perceptions and cultural understandings in a positive way, these narratives are often contradicted by the real life gruesome incidents that are covered by social and print media. Therefore, by following Entman’s Framing Theory (1993) and Fairclough’s Three-Dimensional Model (1989), this research aims to provide a comparative analysis of the interpersonal issues between television dramas, and both social and print media. This study wields qualitative method to focus on the critical discourse and framing of two Pakistani dramas: Yakeen Ka Safarand Raqs-e-Bismil, one newspaper: Dawn, and one platform of social media: Twitter. In short, the research demonstrates the comparison of the portrayal of the interpersonal issues between television dramas alongside social and print media.