SEMIOLOGICAL DISCOURSE ANALYSIS OF EDITORIAL CARTOONS IN NATIONAL NEWSPAPERS ON COVID 19

Abstract

Semiotics discourses of print media play an important role to work out certain ideology. This study aims at critically decoding the semiotic discourses of selected national newspapers with a special reference to the representation of Covid19. The newspapers selected includes Dawn, The Nation and Pakistan Times. The qualitative research paradigm is used for the analysis of selected cartoons. A blended model of critical discourse analysis and semiological analysis has been employed in the article. A step wise analysis is beign carried out and the researchers conclude that different newspapers share different aspects relating to Covid-19. Dawn argues on the importnace of SOPs and the economy. In case of The Nation portrayed the drastic impacts of virus on education and it mocked the public behaviour towards Covid 19 considering it as fake news. The newspaper Pakistan Today highlights the possiblity of second wave of Corona