Critical Media Analysis

Running Head: Proposal 1

Critical Media Analysis Proposal

Jiawen Xie

COMM 410

Martin Marinos

27 February 2021

DISCUSSION 2

Selected News topic:

This paper will explore the news of ongoing farmers' protests in India for the past few months.

There has been a difference of narrative on why the farmers are protesting. Moreover, the

reaction and response of the Indian government on the subject is also evaluated under these

narratives. Different newspaper and media channels have covered the topic but everyone has

their own perspective on the issues. For this paper, the topic under consideration will be assessed

by comparing and contrasting the same topic covered in four different news platforms (Menon,

2021).

Selected News channels:

For the purpose of this assignment, four news platforms are selected including BBC News,

Washington Post, Aljazeera, and The Hindu (Milliff, 2021). To begin with, BBC news which is

a European (English) news outlet will present how the European nations are perceiving the issue.

Similarly, the Washington Post will present the perspective of the United States. Moreover, Al

Jazeera will present the take of the Middle East on the topic as Aljazeera is an Arab News outlet

based in Qatar (Bahree, 2020) . Lastly, the Hindu is selected from India to present the opinion

and perspective of the local perception ad interpretation of the news. It will also present the

perspective of the Indian government on the topic. To conclude there will be adversity in

narratives from different parts of the world to assess and understand the new topic and reach

reality (Hindu, 2021).

DISCUSSION 3

References

Bahree, M. (2020). Why are thousands of Indian farmers protesting? Retrieved from Al Jazeera:

https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2020/12/1/why-are-thousands-of-indian-farmers-

protesting

Hindu, T. (2021). The farmer who died in Republic Day violence had no gunshot wounds: Uttar

Pradesh and Delhi police to HC. Retrieved from The Hindu:

https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Delhi/farmer-who-died-in-republic-day-violence-

had-no-gunshot-wounds-uttar-pradesh-and-delhi-police-to-hc/article33942892.ece

Menon, S. (2021). Farmer protests: India's sedition law used to muffle dissent. Retrieved from

BBC: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-56111289

Milliff, A. (2021, February 5). India’s farm protests turned violent last week. But why are

farmers protesting in the first place? Retrieved from Washington Post:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/02/05/indias-farm-protests-turned-

violent-last-week-why-are-farmers-protesting-first-place/