An Analytical Comparative Approach to Identify Underlying Ideologies in Inflating Family Disintegration & Media in West & Pakistan: Implications for Policy Makers

Abstract

The research study presents the growing patterns of family life in Pakistan that imply the influential role of the underlying cultural ideals of liberalism and individualism and the moderating effect exerted by media. This is an analytical study that employs data to inquire how the disguised ideologies of the West have influenced domestic life there and imprinted the same pattern in Pakistan’s society. This paper investigates whether the concepts of empowerment and independence contribute to isolation within familial relationships. Several factors that lead to disintegrated families, including atomistic and nuclear family trends and the role increasingly played by modern individualism, foreign media, and culture due to growing detachment from religion, are highlighted in this study. Family members’ preference for individualistic space results in breaking the family bond - a phenomenon that America has witnessed and is affecting the domestic and social institutions of Pakistan.