The Role of Media in Shaping Narrative about the Impact of Drone Strikes on Insurgency in Pakistan

Abstract

This study focuses on the impact of drone strikes on insurgency in Pakistan and the
role of media in positive and negative narrative building in the context of drone strikes.
It describes how the public perspective about drone strikes is different in the US and
Pakistan, and what is the role of media in shaping it. The data was collected through
secondary sources such as books, research articles, and online news sources. The data
is analyzed through a qualitative method of research under which a thematic approach
is used. The objective of this study is to show the actual impact of drone strikes on
insurgency in Pakistan. The data shows that the drone strikes reduced the militant
attacks, but at the expense of further deteriorating the situation in some cases, and
areas. The second objective is to explore the role of media in shaping narrative. The
masses in Pakistan deem these attacks as violations of the rules of International Law.
While the masses in the United States mostly support drone strikes. Mainly, public
opinion is based on the narrative introduced by the media networks they are watching.