WOMEN AS OTHERS IN PAKISTANI ENGLISH NEWSPAPERS; A CRITICAL DISCOURSE ANALYSIS STUDY

Abstract

Since a long time, women have been depicted as the others in sense of “not equal to men and physically weak” but the change of the time has given birth to the senses of media. Recent times the women have acquired unique status in society through their practical achievements and prominence. Present study is conducted to explore the depiction of women's status in society as others in Pakistani newspapers. Data is collected from 1^st of March to 30^th of April. Selected sample is 6 figures and the analysis are made through the critical discourse analysis models of Fairclough (1989,1995) and Van Dijik (2004). The results describe that, now days, linguistic choices of media have been changed and women are depicted in sense of prominence and achievement in the society through media.