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Item THE STUDY OF IDEOLOGICAL REPRESENTATION OF MUSLIMS IN HOLLYWOOD CINEMA: CRITICAL DISCOURSE ANALYSIS(Library Information Services, COMSATS University Islamabad, Lahore Campus, 2018) Arfa Aemen; FA16-REL-005; Dr. Aasia Nusrat; LHR TP 5317The current study aims at finding out how Hollywood presents the image of Muslims in a negative way through the source of media. The study exposes the way film directors and writers set their aim to propagate against Muslims with the presentation of language in forms of dialogues. Critical Discourse Analysis as a research tool has been used to analyze the corpus of two Hollywood movies: The Kingdom (2007) and Zero Dark Thirty (2011) which were produced after 9/11 Twin Tower attack. Both Hollywood movies are based on the terrorism genre in which Muslims are depicted as terrorist. Fairclough’s three dimensional model (1989) has been used to explore linguistics features and discourse structures. Three levels of Fairclough’s (1989) model (descriptive, discursive and social practices) analyze the text on each level separately. The findings reveal that discourse of terrorism is embedded in the text which represents Muslims with the tag of terrorists. It has been examined that through hidden ideology and manipulated language, Muslims are labeled as terrorists and biased picture is shown in Hollywood movies. The findings indicate that Muslims received negative coverage and an exaggerated picture of being shown as terrorists is drawn on a big scale of media and it is very difficult to perceive the true side of the picture.Item Ideologies in Making: CDA of Emerging Narratives in the Background of CPEC(Library Information Services, COMSATS University Islamabad, Lahore Campus, 2018) Hamza Amin; SP16-REL-001; Dr. Mudassar Mahmood Ahmad; LHR TP 4850Language helps us to retain our culture and identity amongst the societies in the world. It gives us a unique and specific ideological platform on which people represent themselves. The basic aim of this research is to study the language used in articles written regarding an under-construction project named CPEC (China Pakistan Economic Corridor) with financial aid of Chinese government in between Pakistan and China for economic and strategic purposes. The focus of this research remains on the development of different ideologies with regards to the CPEC project either in favour or in opposition to it. Sample for this research is collected from secondary sources, specifically from English language newspapers which are published daily in Pakistan. For this purpose, four articles were selected from two different English language newspapers and analyzed through CDA (Critical Discourse Analysis). Fairclough’s three-dimensional approach is being used to analyze the text. Micro and Macro levels of analysis were used- Micro level for textual analysis and Macro level to check its discourse, genre and style. CDA helps to reflect the relationship amongst the language and society. CDA evaluates its specific discourse, and relationship between text and context. It is found that regarding CPEC project two different, parallel ideologies are emerged within our society, in many of the newspapers and journals, critics and columnists have written in the favour of project. A few critics are trying to highlight the problems and hurdles coming with this long-term development project. Media is circulating multiple ideas side by side on national and global platforms. Media also highlighting both ideologies by mediatization and exaggeration of positive and negative elements. This research will lead a reader to understand and investigate the ideological concerns hidden behind the word-play.