The Coverage of Development Issues in Nepalese Media: Millennium Development Issues in Print Media - Softcover

Bhandari, Bishal Kumar

Softcover

ISBN 10: 3848494094 ISBN 13: 9783848494095

Publisher: LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing, 2012

Synopsis

This book has explored how Nepalese media have portrayed the 'development news' to enhance development efforts of the state. The study examines the representation of the Development Issues raised by Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) in Nepalese National broadsheet dailies. This book has drawn perspectives from Human Development Approach of news production and has analyzed the current development news published on three major national dailies. There is little coverage of Development issues within the newspapers in which there are very few cases of including underrepresented people's voices in the text and in the editorial column. This has resulted ineffective communication to empower general people and thus it requires a separate policy of covering development news by the state and media house as well.

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About the Author

Bishal Kumar Bhandari, a journalist and media scholar, has been actively working in teaching and practicing journalism in Nepal since 2006. He earned his post graduate degree in Sociology from Tribhuwan University, Nepal. He has another degree in Communication and Development. His interest is in ‘development journalism’.

Edition details

• Publisher: LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing
• Publication date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3848494094
• ISBN 13: 9783848494095
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 120