Association of Print Media Agenda and Policy Agenda and its Impact on the Foreign Policy of Pakistan with USA

Abstract

The aim of the study was to examine the the association between print media agenda and policy agenda (State and NGOs) and its impact on the foreign policy of Pakistan with USA from 2015 till 2017 on categorized issues. Data is collected from DAWN and The News International of Pakistan. Quantitative research method was adopted and content of newspapers and policy documents (State and NGOs) was analyzed to find out the coverage, rank order, frame, slant and association between print media agenda and policy agenda (State and NGOs) regarding Pak-US relations' issues. Findings revealed that print media agenda and state policy agenda are associated (rs =+.362) having moderate positive association and print media agenda and nongovernment policy agenda are associated (rs=+.490) having moderate positive association. Hence, hypotheses are supported. ObjectiveThe objective of the study is: 1. To investigate the association of print media agenda and policy agenda on International relations policy of Pakistan on Pak-US relation's issues.