KATHMANDU, FEB 05 –
The Nepali state has been besieged by voices demanding transformation from all directions, but little has been said about the need to transform the archaic state-owned broadcasters and the press to make them more socially-responsible. Politicians have paid lip service to the idea from time to time, but they have never seriously considered it when they have had the power to implement change. Read more…
JAGANNATH LAMICHHANE
‘Can the media, ethically and practically, be more socially inclusive?” Pratyoush Onta, media researcher and social scientist, had raised the question in his earlier article titled To add or not add: that is the question? His question deserves attention, and the issues he raises need to be discussed in the context of Nepali society, as in the last decade, social inclusion has been a subject of heated debate in contemporary discourse. The intention of this piece is to further this debate, based on my reflection of my own work as an activist and journalist in the fields of mental health and disability rights. In it, I have attempted to link my first-hand experience of advocating a socially taboo issue through the media, holding myself as an example of an individual discredited for being afflicted by a mental disorder. Read more…
DIKSHYA KARKI
‘Yo Krantikari Radio ho. Hami mukti morcha ko sangram bata boli rahe ka chau.” The booming voice of freedom fighter Narad Muni Thulung marked the beginning of Nepali radio broadcast history. The year was 2003 B.S and the location was Dingla, Bhojpur. Read more…
- Knowledge & Power
MAHENDRA LAWOTI
The media is often considered as an agent of change and is credited with raising social issues, in addition to making available diverse facts, issues and perspectives that enable citizens to reach informed opinions and decisions. However, the media has occasionally played a destructive role as well. Its role in genocide and ethnic cleansing has been pointed out. In the Rwandan genocide, FM radios urged fellow Hutus to kill Tutsis and moderate Hutus while the nationalists also effectively used the media in former Yugoslavia to incite ethnic cleansing. In Nepal, the “mainstream” media is largely operating as an effective medium of conservative and status quoist forces resisting substantive socio-political reforms. Read more…
PRATYOUSH ONTA
A version of the internationally dominant trend of content analysis that relies on codification is also dominant in Nepal. An increasing number of reports that rely on a kind of quantitative analysis without a strong grounding in theory or recourse to a rigorous coding procedure are being produced. Oct 10 – Analysis of newspaper contents is one of the chief ways in which the print media has been studied. According to media scholar Denis McQuail (McQuail’s Mass Communication Theory), the study of media content has been motivated, among other factors, by the desire to describe and compare media output. Contents have also been studied to evaluate media performance and effects, to assess organisational bias, and to analyse audience consumption. Read more…
Pratyoush Onta
How members of variously different ethnic, cultural, linguistic and religious communities can co-exist amicably as citizens in any defined space is probably one of the most fundamental questions of our time. In multicultural societies, the question of co-existence between different groups gets immediately tied up with the institution of media. Read more…
With the demand of era, lots of change has been made in the section of journalism. Along with print media comes with the radio and Television journalism. Recently, a new kind of journalism is storming the whole world. This new journalism is named ?Online Journalism? as it would be based wholly on web site and Internet media. Read more…
BY THIRA L. BHUSAL
Radio Dhading went on air the last week of August. A month later, Radio Loktantra began test transmissions in the same district. Read more…
By Babu Ram Kharel
KATHMANDU, July 24 -
How many is too many? Since the government failed to deal with this basic question while distributing new licenses for FM radio, FM stations in the country have begun to crowd each other out. Read more…
By Binaya Mohan Acharya
Newspapers served as the only source of information for the people when radio and television were almost non-existent. After the establishment of democracy, the first government-owned radio station, Radio Nepal, was established in the country. It was an instant hit. Read more…
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