A Linguistics Analysis Of E Newspapers’ Fabrication Of Rape In Pakistani Context; Through The Lens Of Framing In Linguistic Method

Abstract

This research paper will focus upon the linguistic choices made in broadcasting Rape in E Newspapers of Pakistan. This paper will specifically concentrate upon the linguistic method of Framingin the milieu of media discussion of rape. Framing describes the cognitive scheme that a person utilizes in order to comprehend and observe the world they live in. (Lakoff 2007). Many contributors are involved in the process of maintenance of these certain beliefs and ideas, but most important of them is the media. (deVreese et al. 2011). This research is an amalgamation of qualitative and quantitative method. The qualitative method will be catered via Susan Ehrlich (2001) as she has scrutinizedvarious ways of forensic linguistics and rape (Ehrlich 1999). The quantitative part will be investigated in terms of questionnaires filled by sixty males and female participants in order to gauge the impact of rape language in E newspapers. Data gathered will be narrowed down through the SPSS software in terms of gender variables to note the opinion differences in terms of impact of rape language conveyed. This study has layered out the opinions about rape news in the light of victim shaming and blaming. There are drastic results that are visible after conducting the result; providing the glimpse about the mentality of a particular gender regarding the opposite gender