Description
With more than 1000 newspapers, 1100 local radios, 200 television channels, 3000 online news portals, and over 80 colleges providing media education and training, news media, and media education are vibrant fields in Nepal. This book provides a comprehensive overview of Nepal窶冱 news media, including empirical studies, critical reviews, and theoretical and philosophical analyses focusing on journalism and contemporary media practices in the country, using local standpoints and global perspectives. Laying foundations of academic research and discourse, it explores key issues about the state of media and journalism practices of Nepal and situates them against the professional standards of global journalism and journalism education. The book covers all news media, including traditional (newspaper, radio, and television) and digital platforms.
Table of Contents
List of tables
Preface
Acknowledgments
List of contributors
1 Setting the Scene: Perspectives on Nepali News Media in the 21st Century
BHANU BHAKTA ACHARYA AND SHYAM SHARMA
PART I
Professional Perspectives
2 Media Accountability Mechanism: A Case of Press Council of Nepal
SHREEMAN SHARMA, BHANU BHAKTA ACHARYA, AND SAMIKSHA KOIRALA
3 Employing Professional Standards Through Policy Reformation
LAXMAN HUMAGAIN AND TULASI ACHARYA
4 Diasporic Nepali Online Journalism: A Study of Professionalism and Sustainability
BHAGIRATH YOGI AND JAGAN KARKI
5 How Do Nepali Newsrooms Endure Digital Transformation?
RAMA KRISHNA REGMEE
PART II
Academic Perspectives
6 Framing Diffusion: Nepalese Journalism Education in the 21st Century
BHANU BHAKTA ACHARYA AND SHYAM SHARMA
7 A Critical Overview of Development Communication in Nepal
SUJEENA SHAKYA AND PIUS MISHRA
8 Impact of COVID-19 on Media and Journalism: A Case of Nepal
KUNDAN ARYAL
9 Perspectives of Nepali Youths on the Prevention of Disinformation During COVID-19 and Beyond
KABI ADHIKARI
PART III
Sociopolitical Perspectives
10 Where Are the Women? Representation of Gender in Nepali Newspapers
SAMIKSHA KOIRALA
11 Can State-Owned Media Perform Watchdog Functions? A Case of Nepal
LEKHANATH PANDEY
12 Muckraking Without Tools: Persistence of Investigative
Journalism in Nepal
USHA KIRAN REGMI
13 Experiencing the Sustainability Challenges by Nepal窶冱 Local Radio Stations
SANDESH DASS SHRESTHA
PART IV
Technological Perspectives
14 Hope-Driven to Uncertainty-Driven Innovation: Digital Transitions of Newspapers in Nepal
HARSHA MAN MAHARJAN
15 News Content Sharing on Social Media: A Comparative Study of Nepali and Norwegian Newspapers
BIMALA THAPALIYA
16 Sustainability of Online News Media in Nepal: Financial Models and Prospects
PRABESH SUBEDI
17 Social Media: An Innovative Approach of Agricultural Extension Services in Nepal
RAM HARI TIMILSINA AND PURNA BAHADUR NEPALI
18 Perspectives from the Ground Up
SHYAM SHARMA AND BHANU BHAKTA ACHARYA
Index
