Examining the Levels of Knowledge among Newspaper Journalists towards Their Constitutional Rights, Pakistan

Abstract

The levels of knowledge about the wage board award among newspaper journalists were studied in an onsite survey of 446 journalists from Sindhi, Urdu and English language newspapers. The study found that unprecedented delay in constituting all successive wage boards in the newspaper industry have resulted in unbearable damage to journalists and as well as in the broader perspective of journalism. Moreover, different statistical tests were run to find the differences or relationship with the knowledge of wage board award and socio-demographic variables. It was found that journalist with a low level of knowledge about their constitutional rights is on the verge to give up journalism. Journalists who were unsure about job security had the least level of knowledge about the wage board award. Compared to English and Sindhi, Urdu language journalists were found better informed about their rights.