عنوان

The Press, National Identity, and the Shahbagh Movement: A Study of the Contemporary Politics of Bangladesh

Number

TL48245

.Language of Text, Soundtrack etc

انگلیسی

Title Proper

The Press, National Identity, and the Shahbagh Movement: A Study of the Contemporary Politics of Bangladesh

General Material Designation

[Thesis]

First Statement of Responsibility

Md Saimum Parvez

Subsequent Statement of Responsibility

Bailard, Catherine

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

The George Washington University

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

2015

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

116

Text of Note

Committee members: Karpf, David

Text of Note

Place of publication: United States, Ann Arbor; ISBN=978-1-321-75319-6

Dissertation or thesis details and type of degree

M.A.

Discipline of degree

International Affairs

Body granting the degree

The George Washington University

Text preceding or following the note

2015

Text of Note

This study analyzes the role of three major Bangladeshi newspapers, Janakantha, Prothom Alo and Amar Desh, in shaping national identities in contemporary Bangladesh. I combine two methods: Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA) and Content Analysis, to examine these newspapers' content over three years: 2012, 2013, and 2014. By employing the CDA method, I closely examine the news texts of three high-profile events that occurred in 2013: Shahbagh movement, the murder of blogger Rajib, and the Hefajat movement, and find evidence of two competing camps in Bangladesh: "radical pro-Islam" and "radical pro-freedom fight". Based on the critical discourse analysis of nine front-page articles' related to these three events, this study observes a discursive construction of a radical "pro-Islam" narrative in the Amar Desh's coverage and that of radical "pro-freedom fight" narratives in Janakantha and Prothom Alo's coverage. In doing so, these two groups of newspapers construct a divided ideological world between "us" and "them". My analysis demonstrates how the discourse of each newspaper creates meanings related to national identities and ideologies that serve to justify the interests of "us" and to criticize "them".

Political science; South Asian Studies; Mass communications

Subject Term

Social sciences;Communication and the arts;Bangladesh;Content analysis;Critical discourse analysis;National identity;Newspaper;Shahbagh Movement

Abdelrahman, Faisal Nijad

Bailard, Catherine

Subdivision

International Affairs

The George Washington University

Call Number

1689458033; 1588866

Electronic name

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[Thesis]

276903

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