Media Framing Analysis of English and Telugu Newspapers Coverage on Internal Security in India

Sunil Kumar Pothana

Abstract: Internal Security has been defined as the process of keeping peace and maintaining safety within a nation or state. Internal Security means conservation of sovereignty and integrity of the country from troublesome and anti-national armed forces from inside the state. The aim of this research is to explore how internal security articles are represented in news coverage published in four newspapers, a comparative study between two each in English and Telugu, special focus on media framing analysis, over the period from January 2019 to December 2020. The frame of internal security in India news, the highest percentage of news stories about to Conflict and the lowest percentage on Economics.

Keywords: Media Framing Analysis, Internal Security, sovereignty, integrity