Considering 26/11 (Mumbai): Media Hypes and Peace Process: A case study of the editorials of daily Dawn and the Times of India from 26/11/08 to 26/11/09

This research is a deliberate attempt to examine the editorial treatment of the 2008 Mumbai Attacks in the news papers - DAWN and Times of India - of both India and Pakistan in between November 26, 2008 and November 26, 2009. The main interest lies in the media’s role in shaping foreign as well as public policy discourse through its framing. For that matter, editorial treatment of both the papers is thoroughly examined to understand that How they interpret the unfolding of the Mumbai massacre for their readers by pointing fingers on who or what forces? And How they interpret salience of the story and eventually frame and narrate the discourse in their editorials of defense and foreign policy decision making debate in the changing nature of Indo-Pak relations proceeding the one year of [26/11] Mumbai attacks.