The data analysis reveals that in most of the cases the physical features of people, including their obesity and skin colour, are made the target of humour. Being a qualitative case study, instances of verbal humour taken from different shows of the programme are analyzed within the framework of Critical Discourse Analysis. The aim of the current study is to explore the identity constructed through the humour employed in one of the programmes: Khabardaar telecast on Express, a Pakistani News channel, in order to unmask the hidden ideologies. Apparently the function of humour is to generate laughter in order to amuse people and release their tension but verbal humour also involves the use of language to construct or deconstruct people"s identity. Three episodes are selected to critically analyze thesocio-political aspects that can be identified from the Pakistani TV comedy talk show "Khabarnaak".Īlthough the primary function of humour is to make people laugh, it also plays a major role in shaping people"s attitudes. According to Fairclough"s model language can be manipulated through different social factors. The present study is based on political and social scenarios through CDA of "Khabarnaak" as it is very popular because it has first-moveredge.This research is purely qualitative and based on the philosophy of Fairclough"s model. They communicate in Urdu, Punjabi and English, every sentence uttered by the characters have a different ratio of code switching. Actually, characters of "Khabarnaak" did not know different linguistic phenomenon. Critical Discourse Analysis of "Khabarnaak" will explain how they criticize and why they criticize. Among these shows Political shows are most spectacular to manifest the thinking, perceptions, and impact of the different political announcements from the leaders in a present alarming situation."Khabarnaak" is a very popular comedy talk show in Pakistan due to lofty language, witty compliments and especially characters of "Khabarnaak" criticizing different aspects of society.Critical analysis of these announcements amuse the listener as well as convey the news exploring specific words, accent, tone, indirect speech or some similes or metaphors used by the host. All day morning, noon, evening, late night-talk shows are shown even for special occasions, special talk shows are arranged. Talk shows are most prominent among other shows as they precise and present bitter facts in a very light way by commenting, satirizing, analyzing and criticizing in much funny style. Various TV channels are established in the Pakistani media with an increasing number of satellites.
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