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Communication Theory - M2: Final Term Exam

PTV represents the state-owned television channel in Pakistan established in 1964, while CNN represents the privately-owned Cable News Network established in 1980 in the US. PTV acts as a mouthpiece of the government and lacks freedom of expression and credibility, focusing more on reporting government activities. In contrast, CNN is independent of government influence and focuses on impartial news reporting based on newsworthiness rather than giving coverage to government officials. While PTV's programming quality has remained poor, CNN provides higher quality news and entertainment content.

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Communication Theory - M2: Final Term Exam

PTV represents the state-owned television channel in Pakistan established in 1964, while CNN represents the privately-owned Cable News Network established in 1980 in the US. PTV acts as a mouthpiece of the government and lacks freedom of expression and credibility, focusing more on reporting government activities. In contrast, CNN is independent of government influence and focuses on impartial news reporting based on newsworthiness rather than giving coverage to government officials. While PTV's programming quality has remained poor, CNN provides higher quality news and entertainment content.

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COMMUNICATION THEORY – M2

Final Term Exam

SUBMITTED TO: PROF AMBER JAVED


SUBMITTED BY: SYED MUHAMMAD ZARGHAM ALI (2183184)
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Is Media/Press free in Pakistan? Compare CNN with PTV as from the


perspective of their ownership and freedom of expression and support your
answer with any particular event/situation/case. (35) Marks

Q1) Is Media/Press free in Pakistan? (10 Marks)


 Press freedom has always been a problem of Pakistan. Different authorities used
legal and constitutional means to control the press from open discussion and
analysis. In its seventy years of history, we find military rule or dictatorship
mostly. Because of the instability of the democracy there is no any specified
freedom of media in Pakistan. Press in Pakistan generally faces dangers, violence,
financial weight, etc. like before during Gen Zia period there were loads of
limitations over the media and media houses were not even allowed to criticize the
wrong policies of the government. Also known as the worst time for media.

The country's law on blasphemy has been used against columnists and journalists.
However, after 2002, Gen Prervaiz Musharaf declared the media of Pakistan a
liberal media, he expelled almost all the restrictions over the media but today still
press/media was operated in a mixed character.

Q3) Pick and analyze any particular reference event/situation/case


from past to support your answer (10 Marks)
 For almost five years, Talat Hussain, a well-known Pakistani journalist, hosted a
popular current affair talk show on Geo TV, *Naya Pakistan* openly discussing
the political issues of the day. But last year all that changed. Forced to comply
with a total blackout of news that criticized the military or the government of the
new prime minister, Imran Khan, Hussain found himself unable to speak freely

“I was told by Geo News administration that they could not air my analysis
because the army, represented by ISPR [the media wing of the Pakistan armed
forces], was very unhappy and they would shut down channel transmission if I
continued to speak like I did, which they said was financially ruinous for them,”
said Talat Hussain

Source:
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/nov/05/extreme-fear-and-self-censorship-media-in-
pakistan-under-attack
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Q2) Compare CNN with PTV (both aspects mentioned). (15 marks)

PTV (Pakistan Television CNN (Cable News Network)


Corporation)

“PTV represents Pakistan television “CNN represents Cable News Network


Corporation. PTV is the Pakistani state- CNN is an American news-based pay
owned channel which is established on television channel owned by CNN
1964 as a privately-owned business by Worldwide It was established in 1980 by
NEC of Japan” American media owner Ted Turner"

In the previous 15 years or so, the Comparing PTV with CNN is a non-
electronic media in the nation has seen starter. CNN is way better than PTV.
exponential development with endless TV CNN, which is independent of all govt
channels currently gracing the wireless influence whereas PTV is (and has always
transmissions. The programming on the been) the family heirloom of the political
state-run PTV, however, appears to be party in power. CNN’s news content is
unaffected by these progressions and we according to the news’ news-worthiness.
keep on seeing a similar poor production If the President of America not done
quality, which has not changed in years. anything newsworthy, they will not get
even a mention. Whereas the PTV news is
PTV has never been permitted to run the ‘Wazeer-Nama’ – a rundown of the
independently and on the news front; it daily activities of, starting with, the Prime
has only ever acted as a mouthpiece of the Minister, then the President on to the
government of the day. There is no Chief Ministers / Governors’ then the
freedom of expression This has led the Ministers and then the small things i.e. the
channel to have negligible credibility and ‘Muttwalas’ and the ‘Jiyalas’ etc.
a poor reputation for impartiality. It is a
shame that in any event, with regards to As for PTV’s program content nowadays,
amusement programming, the channel the lesser said the better. In it’s heydays,
fares poorly. PTV doesn't remain among PTV’s program content was much better
the best 10 channels of the nation classic Urdu dramas and plays, classic
English TV series like Carl Sagan’s
‘Cosmos’, Star Trek, Lucy Show etc.

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