Constructive Journalism Approaches and Practices in Pakistani Urdu Print Media

Abstract

The aims of the research and the results of the hypothesis about constructive journalism serve as the foundation for this section, which is based on a comparison of two reputable newspapers. The study design obtained secondary data by evaluating the stories of Jang and Express and applied a categorization scheme to operationalize constructive journalism frameworks and government development projects. Using this data cross-tabulation, descriptive statistics and chi-square analyses were applied through SPSS. The research shows that Jang is paying more attention to crucial issues in comparison with Express newspaper. Both of these newspapers show features of constructive journalism which include public-oriented, solution-oriented, future-oriented, and action-oriented stories. According to the statistical analyses presented in the previous chapter, it can be observed that both newspapers provide public-focused, solution-oriented, future-oriented, and action-oriented journalism. The main benefit of this study is to highlight the fact that understanding newspapers’ reporting orientation and/or the absence of helpful journalism frameworks is critical to shaping public opinion and perception in Pakistan because the majority of the population uses Urdu news for information.