Rohingyas and India's Foreign Policy: Did the Media Set the Agenda? - A Content Analysis of 'The Hindu'.

India and Myanmar being neighbours have had close ties with each other and the bilateral relations between the countries is strong. Myanmar - had been on the headlines due to two main reasons - its struggle for democracy and its mismanagement of the Rohingyas. Ever since the escalation of the conflict, international news agencies have been reporting on it extensively. Indian media had been placing the migration plight on the headlines. Media not only plays the role of communicating information to the public, but it at times aids in framing the government policies through trial balloons Occasionally, media sets certain agendas that will help the government in tweaking its existing policies or draft new ones. This paper tries to find out if the media aided in setting an agenda in formulating India's foreign policies - principally migration/refugee policy with respect to Myanmar and the Rohingyas. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]