Revocation of Kashmir’s Special Status: Analyzing Journalistic Responses on Twitter

Abstract

The revocation of the special status of Jammu and Kashmir by abrogating Article 370, of the Constitution of India, by the Indian parliament drew special attention to the issue of Kashmir. This comparative research study was designed using qualitative content analysis of journalists’ tweets on this issue. For that purpose, tweets by journalists from Pakistan, India and foreign countries were selected to investigate and compare their views regarding the issue and situation of Indian Held Kashmir. The twitter data was gathered manually through Twitter Advance Search for the required time period. The result showed the comparison of sentiments and the polarity of content extracted from the tweets. Furthermore, this study revealed that the Pakistani and foreign journalists condemned illegal decision of revocation and inhumane conduct of Indian armed forces; while Indian journalists questioned their own government’s strategy to resolve the issue.