SETTING NARRATIVE THROUGH INSTAGRAM POSTS: A STUDY OF BBC'S REPORTAGE ON AFGHANISTAN

Title

SETTING NARRATIVE THROUGH INSTAGRAM POSTS: A STUDY OF BBC'S REPORTAGE ON AFGHANISTAN

Creator

Anjali Sharma K.; Naresh S.

Description

Media organizations have an immense role to play in disseminating informa-tion and shaping perspectives across borders. Though the information revolution pro-vides us with many new opportunities, it also helps in establishing a single narrative through the cultural cultivation of popular media over time. Orientalism, in this manner, presents an image that the West created of the Near East centuries ago and these second-hand experiences are enhanced over the years by the powerful states and media organi-zations to maintain the established hegemony. This current study focuses on understanding the British Broadcasting Corporation's narrative and its ability to include and exclude certain historical facts while reporting on the Taliban's takeover of Afghanistan through Instagram posts. The study found BBC portraying a favorable image for the role played by the NATO allies in Afghanistan and described the Taliban as a sheer group of terror, barbaric, and inhumane organization, following extreme Sharia laws. 2022 Pluto Journals. All rights reserved.

Source

Arab Studies Quarterly, Vol-44, No. 2, pp. 84-96.

Date

2022-01-01

Publisher

Pluto Journals

Subject

Afghanistan; BBC; Instagram posts; news coverage; setting narratives; Taliban

Coverage

Anjali Sharma K., Department of Media Studies, CHRIST (Deemed to be University), Bangalore, India; Naresh S., Department of Media Studies, CHRIST (Deemed to be University), Bangalore, India

Rights

All Open Access; Gold Open Access

Relation

ISSN: 2713519

Format

Online

Language

English

Type

Article

Identifier

https://doi.org/10.13169/arabstudquar.44.2.0084

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