Behind the borders: Media framing of the governments' stand on palk bay conflict

This research paper aims to understand the print and social media construct and coverage ofthe Central, Tamilnadu, Sri Lankan governments’ stand on Tamilnadu fishermen and Sri Lankan Navy conflict at Palk Bay during the Congress and BJP regimes. An attempt has been made here using the Quantitative framing analysis to investigate how governments ‘standswere constructed in Indian print media (Dinamani and The Hindu) andsocials media (Twitter).