European Journal of Scientific Research - EuroJournals

752 Muhammad Nawaz Mahsud, Muhammad Khalid and Firasat Jabeen
affairs. The paper has spared significant space to the events of national (7023 cm) and regional
(7328cm) importance than its space given to international, and provincial developmental issues.
The findings further illustrate that the paper has spared significant space (3078cm) to the
pictures on economics’ events of national importance than the observed space given to the pictures of
the same events of international, provincial and regional level. The pictorial coverage of the education
events shows somewhat difference position. International education events are given more space
(2351cm) than the space coverage given to education’ pictures of national or regional level. The results
reveal very little but not significant difference between the number of pictures and space devoted to the
events of international and national festivals. The analytical review of the findings does not indicate
significant difference between the paper coverage to technology, disasters and other events. The paper
has given more space to the pictures on regional environmental issues for the prescribed three months
period. It is also observed that the paper has published more pictures on the events of international
accidents but given more space to the pictures on the events of regional accidents. It is also evident
from the findings of table 1.1 that the paper has spared significant space to the pictures of the events of
national crimes (2975cm) and showbiz (3283cm) compared to international events of crime (1263cm)
and showbiz 2743cm). The empirical results show significant difference regarding the paper space
coverage given to the events of protests, war against terrorism and sports. National protests’ events are
given more space (4086cm) than the event of international protests (2365cm), while the paper has
spared significantly more space (5873 cm) to the international events of war against terrorism and
sports (13419cm) than the national events of war against terrorism (3484cm) and sports (2509).
Table 1.1: Pictorial coverage by ‘Dawn’ for the selected period
International National Provincial Regional
# of Space In # of Space in # of Space in # of SpaceIn
Categories
photos cm photos cm photos cm photos cm
Politics 26 2474 8 915 5 805 1 21
Developmental Affairs 7 896 46 7023 1 190 37 7328
Economics 7 777 30 3078 0 0 2 446
Education 23 2351 8 1299 4 644 2 228
Festivals 16 3151 13 2800 0 0 7 1405
Technology 9 1457 6 690 0 0 0 0
Environment 0 0 3 553 0 0 6 1165
Disaster 2 437 0 0 0 0 3 563
Accident 12 89 1 206 0 0 5 1139
Nature 10 2166 11 2145 2 82 4 456
Crime 7 1263 13 2975 0 0 8 1509
Showbiz 31 2743 25 3283 0 0 0 0
Health 2 470 6 578 0 0 1 115
Weather 1 138 1 213 0 0 6 1234
Protest 12 2365 20 40 96 6 1390 15 3129
War Events 35 5973 20 3494 2 252 8 1412
Sports 86 13419 20 2509 0 0 2 585
Others 9 1766 10 1557 0 0 8 1908
Total 298 44112 241 37417 20 3364 115 22643
Conclusion
As it is evident from the figures of table 1.1 that daily ‘Dawn’ has significantly published more
pictures (298) and spared more space (44112) in centimeter to the events of international importance
than its number of pictures and space given to the events of national (241 pictures, 37417 space),
provincial (20 pictures, 3364 space), and regional (115 pictures, 22643 space) importance.
The study’s another paper ‘The Nation’ pictorial coverage to the same set of issues for the same
period shows that the paper has significantly spared more space (5259cm) to the pictures on
international political events than the pictures on national (1598cm), provincial (1771cm), and regional
(1553cm) political events. The results show that the paper has devoted significant space (5198cm) to