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Title A CRITICAL FORENSIC LINGUISTIC ANALYSIS OF MEDIA DISCOURSE ON COURT DECISIONS IN PAKISTAN

Author(s) NAJAM-US-SAHAR

Abstract This study was conducted to analyze the media discourse on court decision in Pakistan by applying critical forensic linguistic analysis. In the recent past, the media discussion on court decisions has rapidly increased. Many news and social media platforms have been discussing the decisions made by the courts. This study focused the critical forensic analysis of media discourse on court decision in Pakistan. In this study, the most famous case “Avanfield References” was selected as a case study. The data was collected from three different sources; court decision, media discussions, and social media (Facebook) discussions. This thesis applies critical forensic linguistic analysis viewpoints and methodologies to check the media discourse in the operation of criminal trials by the criminal justice system in Pakistan. Chi square test was conducted to establish the statistical associations between and among variable of the study. It is evident that media discussions do have the impact on court decisions in Pakistan. This study performs three analyses on the collected data. Concordance analysis was performed to extract the top words from the collected data under the subject corrupt. In vocabulary analysis, the examination of the lexical patterns was performed. In grammar analysis, the evaluation was made to see, whether Sharif family or Nawaz Sharif or Maryam Nawaz in contrast to other participants are an actor in transitive active or passive clauses. This study analyzed text by critical forensics linguistics analysis of selected social media discussions, news articles, and court decisions.

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Publication Date 2020-01-02

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