Manuscript Title:

PAKISTANI MEDIA LANDSCAPE AND ACADEMIC RELEVANCY: EXPLORING EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION OF JOURNALISTS

Author:

Dr. FAZLI HUSSAIN, Dr. SYED SHUJAT HUSAIN, Dr. SYEDA MALIHA BEGUM, Dr. HUMA NISAR, SAMREEN FAISAL

DOI Number:

DOI:10.17605/OSF.IO/X6Q72

Published : 2022-12-10

About the author(s)

1. Dr. FAZLI HUSSAIN - Coordinator Department of Mass Communication, NUML Karachi.
2. Dr. SYED SHUJAT HUSAIN - Chairperson, Media Studies Department, Jinnah University for Women Karachi.
3. Dr. SYEDA MALIHA BEGUM - Assistant Professor Department of Media Studies, Jinnah University for Women, Karachi.
4. Dr. HUMA NISAR - Assistant Professor, Department of Mass Communication Federal Urdu University.
5. SAMREEN FAISAL - PhD scholar, Department Mass Communication Federal Urdu University of Science and Technology.

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Abstract

This paper explores the academic relevancy and disciplinary qualification of working journalists in Pakistan. Being the watch-dogs and agenda-builders, the profession urges journalists to be properly equipped with high level of academic qualification and reckoned with relevant skills and rich in contemporary knowledge. The study is aimed to depict the need for academic relevancy and professional heights in the conventional media industry of Pakistan. For the purpose, 1.26 percent of working journalists are engaged in a survey under Guttmann Scale, throughout the country, to determine their educational competencies and disciplinary qualification. In this regards, the study provides exclusive data to make understandable, the educational level of Pakistani medial and scape for linkage with policymaking and channelization of professional competency.


Keywords

Pakistani Media Landscape, Academic Relevancy, Journalists, Professionalism.