Copyright © 2018 KWP Journals. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. International Journal of Business, Economics and Management Works Kambohwell Publisher Enterprises ISSN: 2410-3500 Vol. 5, Issue 12, PP. 32-35, December 2018 www.kwpublisher.com Role of Print Media in China-Pakistan Economic Corridor as Stakeholder Taj Muhammad Mengal, Shabir Hussain, Muhammad Kamran Taj, Zhang Liang and Imran Taj Abstract—Media has become an integral part of society as it influences the society by several ways. The basic functions of the media are to inform, educate and entertain the masses. In the modern world media not only inform, educate and entertain the societies but the extended roles of the media have many other dimensions as well. Media has become the mirror of the society, so it is a duty of the media managers to show the actual face of the society via media. Media is creating sensation around this region by putting its active role on the audience through highlighting the news stories about china- pakistan economic corridor (CPEC) and also representing information of stakeholders in mass media in their own subjective and their own situation. CPEC being one of the most important economic projects in the region will be the game changer for Pakistan and due to the investments and interest of regional powers CPEC is stuck down into the neck of many countries. It is fact that once this project is completed it will boost the Pakistan’s economy and it will definitely go upwards. There are enormous studies on CPEC but no study has focused on the media representation as stakeholder. This study explored the new dimensions of CPEC and the role of media representing as stakeholders. The news stories are very informative and played a very effective role on citizens of Pakistan in order to share a concrete and prompt information regarding CPEC. Dawn (English) and Jang (Urdu) are the leading newspaper in Pakistan and considered as opinion maker in the country. These newspapers have played a vital role in changing mind frame of public and even policy makers. These newspapers are not the authority to make policy but it makes ground on which policies are made. The media is playing its role effectively in eliminating information gap through building the positive image in the minds of the stakeholders. The media is publishing positive image news more so as to build a linkage and bridge between the stakeholders. The positive statements of the authorities are published more highlighting the fact that the most of the stakeholders are motivated to have the maximum. Keywords— China, Pakistan, Economic, Corridor, Media, Balochistan I. INTRODUCTION Pakistan needs a high cooperation from its allies in especially in Southern Asian region in order to have its deterrence and sovereignty. This explored the need of something special to meet the needs of the country that may click its social, economic and development programs for its growth. CPEC is the brick of such milestone that will bring it closer to achieve its objective. Being the invader to the new horizons, Pakistan has got a great attention through the world especially in stakeholders of CPEC [1]. This has developed a gap between these stakeholders due to the importance and vitality of the corridor. This gap is increasing due to the conflicts in the nation affecting the stability, economy and most importantly, peace of the country.The main idea of the journalism is also in this context as the importance of economic growth cannot be denied [2]. Under this concept, the news stories are presented in such a brilliant manner that highlights the economic position of the country as well as about the other stakeholders’ interests. Same is the case with CPEC and significantly, the role of media is an integral part within the development of this project [3]. Now a day, media is also influencing the policy making decisions. Role of the media in this regard, is not new as it has been studied already in early 1940’s when the Paul Lazarsfeld, conducted a land mark study about the role of the media in the US Presidential elections. Paul Lazarsfelds’ study paved a way towards the role of media in opinion making during US presidential elections [4,5]. In choosing and displaying news, editors, newsroom staff, and broadcasters play an important part in shaping political reality. Readers learn not only about a given issue, but how importance to attach to that issue from the amount of information in a news story and its position the mass media may well determine the important issues- that is, the media may set the ‘agenda’ of the campaign [6,7]. II. METHODOLOGY The objective of the study isto analyze how news stories cover the CPEC in Pakistan print media and how print media represents different stakeholders. For the purpose, researchers texture the study in the Qualitative and / or Quantitative research methods. In this research study “Quantitative method” is used; in which Content Analysis technique is organized. A. Quantitative Method Quantitative research requires that the variables under consideration be measured. This form of research is concerned with how often a variable is presented and generally uses First Author: Riphah International University Islamabad, tajmengal@gmail.com Second Author: Islamic international University, Islamabad , shussain@gmail.com Third Author: CASVAB University of Balochistan, kamrancasvab@yahoo.com, 03333789889 Fourth Author: Chinese Embassy in Pakistan, kamrancasvab@gmail.com Fifth Author: CASVAB University of Balochistan, taj_imran@yahoo.com