BY Ammu Joseph| IN MEDIA PRACTICE |07/05/2012
The"national" media have been consistently lukewarm to the concerns of north-eastern India, but now it appears the neglect of south-west has begun.
BY Ammu Joseph| IN MEDIA PRACTICE |06/04/2012
The Hindu and Bangalore Mirror were the only papers to promptly record the questionable role of sections of the media in the events of the day.
BY Ammu Joseph| IN MEDIA FREEDOM |19/04/2010
Draconian laws, threats, violence and even derisive television anchors – all these are deployed to curb free expression of opinions.
BY Ammu Joseph| IN CENSORSHIP |19/04/2010
Draconian laws, threats, violence and even derisive television anchors – all these techniques, and more, are deployed to curb free expression of opinions.
BY Ammu Joseph| IN MEDIA PRACTICE |24/09/2008
Hardly ever are people who are actually in a position to illuminate the scene with the light of knowledge quoted in the press or interviewed on television.
BY Ammu Joseph| IN LAW AND POLICY |27/08/2007
There is still no sign that the Ministry recognises the need for an authentic public debate on media regulation, and the draft legislation in particular.
BY Ammu Joseph| IN MEDIA PRACTICE |26/03/2007
Several stories related to the conflict in Sri Lanka remain untold by the Indian media, including the situation of the embattled media in Sri Lanka.
BY Ammu Joseph| IN LAW AND POLICY |16/07/2006
Possibly the most important pre-requisite of an effective media regulatory body is that it be taken seriously by the media industry.
BY Ammu Joseph| IN MEDIA PRACTICE |08/12/2004
The challenge before the media is to move beyond clubbing what happens to women with routine crime briefs, on the one hand, and sensational stories, on the other, to cover "the greatest human rights scandal of our times".
BY Ammu Joseph| IN MEDIA PRACTICE |26/10/2004
The Gender and Media summit marked the culmination of the first phase of a remarkable process that has been under way in southern Africa over the past two years.
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The new term for self censorship is voluntary censorship, as proposed by companies like Netflix and Hotstar. ET reports that streaming video service Amazon Prime is opposing a move by its peers to adopt a voluntary censorship code in anticipation of the Indian government coming up with its own rules. Amazon is resisting because it fears that it may alienate paying subscribers.                   

Clearly, the run to the 2019 elections is on. A journalist received a call from someone saying they were from Aajtak channel and were conducting a survey, asking whom she was going to vote for in 2019. On being told that her vote was secret, the caller assumed she wasn't going to vote for 'Modiji'. The caller, a woman, also didn't identify herself. A month or two earlier the same journalist received a call, this time from a man, asking if she was going to vote for the BSP.                 

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