Press Clubs, the Journalistic Field and the Practice of Journalism in Pakistan

Dickinson, Roger; Memon, Bashir Ahmed

doi:10.1080/1461670x.2011.629109

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“…The media business can to a certain extent reflect a society's cultural and political ideology (Dickinson and Memon, 2012). Since the liberalisation and privatisation of the media industry in 2002, the media sector has continued to flourish, and providing increasing employment opportunities in Pakistan ( Joseph, 2016), with the number of licensed satellite TV channels growing from just 3 in 2000 to 93 in 2016, as per the statistical data from the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority.…”

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Employee well-being and turnover intention

Wei

Rafiq

Chin

2017

CDI

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Purpose Facing a new round of global industrial restructuring, it is vital for less-developed yet populous regions to build a happy, engaged workforce to achieve competitiveness. The purpose of this paper is to integrate an indigenous cultural perspective, i.e. Muslim religious belief, with the job embeddedness theory to delve into employee well-being-turnover issues in a large developing country ingrained with Muslim culture. Design/methodology/approach The authors conducted a questionnaire survey on employees from the media sector in the Muslim country, Pakistan. The data were analysed using moderated hierarchical regression models (investigating three-way interactions), while the significance tests of simple slopes and simple slope differences were also used to support the analysis. Findings The results suggest that all predictors analysed (Muslim religious belief, organisational embeddedness, life satisfaction, and work engagement) were negatively and significantly related to turnover intention. Furthermore, the employee well-being-turnover intention mechanisms are jointly moderated by Muslim religious belief and organisational embeddedness. Practical implications The research considers turnover intention as an outcome of a three-way interaction among employee well-being, Muslim religious belief, and organisation embeddedness, thus proposing insightful implications for other developing country enterprises, particularly those ingrained with Muslim culture. Originality/value The authors propose a novel model which demonstrates the effects of employee work- and life-related well-being on turnover intention from a unique angle by incorporating Muslim religious belief with organisational embeddedness, contributing to the existing body of knowledge. The applicability of western concepts to immature markets is also examined.

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Section: Research Contextmentioning

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Employee well-being and turnover intention

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Rafiq

Chin

2017

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“…The week bin Laden was killed, Pakistani Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani blamed the Al-Qaeda leader for 30,000 Pakistani deaths (Ray, 2011). A network of press clubs across the country provides a limited degree of self-protection (Dickinson and Memon, 2011) but even those facilities have been subject to violent attacks (AHRC, 2011). In addition to direct intimidation of reporters and editors, the government has used a variety of methods to financially and legally harass media organizations (Campagna, 2007).…”

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Pakistani journalism: at the crossroads of Muslim identity, national priorities and journalistic culture

Pintak

Nazir

2013

Media, Culture & Society

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A loosening of controls on the Pakistani media in recent years has meant the influence of Pakistani journalists is increasingly being felt in country’s tumultuous internal politics and its relations with the West. That has sparked a backlash, which has made Pakistan among the most dangerous places in the world for journalists. Given the country’s key strategic role, both in terms of South Asian regional geo-politics and in the broader global struggle against radical Islamist militancy, it is important to better understand the evolution of media culture in Pakistani society. A nationwide survey, replicating recent studies of Arab and Indonesian journalists, found that nationalism, religious identity and a growing sense of professionalism shape the worldview of Pakistani journalists, whose overarching goals include defending national sovereignty and facilitating societal development.

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“…In Pakistan, the press club system helps journalists to pursue their selfinterest. This is a reminder that, to understand news production and journalism and how they are performed and accomplished, it must be acknowledged that they are forms of social organisation that are historically, culturally and socially situated (Dickinson & Memon, 2012).…”

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Central Java’s assault on media ethics: How the governor turned watchdogs into pet poodles

Abrar

2019

PJR

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This study examines the coverage of Indonesia's main newspapers, Suara Merdeka and Radar Semarang (Jawa Pos group), about the Governor of Central Java, Indonesia, Ganjar Pranowo, in 2016, during his midterm period in leading the province. It highlights how the Governor, who initially removed help for journalists, became a figure that journalists like. The qualitative content analysis of 20 articles that took part in the journalism competition for journalists held by Public Relations Bureau Regional Secretary of Central Java Province showed that the news stopped at Ganjar Pranowo without trying to find deeper meaning from the field. The news frames used by the newspapers reflected that journalists who are members of the Press Club at the Central Java Provincial Secretariat Bureau were reluctant to be critical toward Ganjar Pranowo. Ganjar Pranowo was portrayed solely in the context of his success in leading Central Java based on assumptions made by journalists. The newspapers is no longer a neutral agent, but is rather tendentious. Unlike in other countries, in Central Java the Press Club is not beneficial for the development of democracy and the establishment of journalists.

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Press Clubs, the Journalistic Field and the Practice of Journalism in Pakistan

Abstract: This article reports on some original research on the role of press clubs in

Cited by 30 publications

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Employee well-being and turnover intention

Employee well-being and turnover intention

Pakistani journalism: at the crossroads of Muslim identity, national priorities and journalistic culture

Central Java’s assault on media ethics: How the governor turned watchdogs into pet poodles

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