This study aims at appropriating the social and print media construct and coverage
of human rights violations in the post Eelam war between Indian Tamil fishermen
and their conflict with Sri Lankan Navy in the Palk Bay. The alleged intrusion of the
Indian trawlers into the Sri Lankan water and the rebuttal by Sri Lankan Navy
leading to the torture, arrest and at times, death of Indian fishermen is being
widely articulated and debated in Indian and foreign media. An attempt has been
made here using the framing theory to investigate how human rights violations
were constructed in Indian print media (Dinamani and The Hindu) and socials media
(Twitter).