HASSAN Kiran <br/><br/>
The role of private electronic media in radicalising Pakistan / 
Kiran Hassan. 
 -  2014 
<br/><br/> In 2002 Pakistan began the process of liberalising and privatising broadcast media with the result that numerous private television and radio stations appeared. In the competition for ratings private media companies became sensationalist and radical providing platforms for Taliban and Muslim militants, ironically while at the same time receiving substantial financial inputs from the USA. The article explains how this situation has arisen and the effect it is having in terms of promoting terrorism and anti-western views. 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>PAKISTAN--BROADCAST MEDIA<br/>PAKISTAN--TELEVISION--EXTREMISM<br/>PAKISTAN--MASS MEDIA<br/>PAKISTAN--TERRORISM