Media Monitoring

Covering NCRB data: how newspapers fared

BY VIKAS KUMAR| IN MEDIA MONITORING |06/12/2017

As statistics grow more important in public debates, here is an analysis of how the media covered – or muddled - the latest crime figures

How the Pew report on Modi was covered

BY VIKAS KUMAR| IN MEDIA MONITORING |19/11/2017

Holes, slanted and selective fact-picking, and weak analysis contributed to projecting an overly positive image for the PM and BJP

Demonetisation in numbers—how statistics were used

BY VIKAS KUMAR| IN MEDIA MONITORING |12/11/2017

Two aspects of partisan commentary stood out: adjectives coupled with decontextualised statistics create an illusion of success, and favourable “facts” are mentioned in numbers, whereas inconvenient ones are stated in words.

The Doklam standoff seen through cartoons

BY ANKITA PANDEY| IN MEDIA MONITORING |03/09/2017

Indian cartoons poked as much fun at us as at China and questioned our foreign policy. But China’s cartoons were consistently sneering of India and loyal to the state

Failing to do justice to the complexity of rape

BY PRACHI BHAGWAT| IN MEDIA MONITORING |06/08/2017

Part II--By giving rape routine treatment, newspapers hinder a wider debate on prevention and hold back on the understanding of how popular culture and power structures contribute.

Where media reports on rape fail

BY PRACHI BHAGWAT| IN MEDIA MONITORING |06/08/2017

A two-part study looks at the narrow conceptual framework newspapers use to deal with rape. It’s all specific details of the crime rather than the underlying structural causes,

Re-examining the Mandsaur agitation

BY ANKITA PANDEY| IN MEDIA MONITORING |28/06/2017

A farmers’ agitation that turned violent resulting in six deaths in Mandsaur, MP, prompted a detailed analysis in both the Nai Dunia and the Indian Express

Naga papers: lots of comment, little reporting

BY VIKAS KUMAR| IN MEDIA MONITORING |14/06/2017

Covering Nagaland’s anti-women’s reservation agitation - Part II. Local coverage lacked in investigation and ground interviews.

Coverage of Naga women’s reservation agitation-Part I

BY VIKAS KUMAR| IN MEDIA MONITORING |14/06/2017

How the “national” media covered it. Both Hindu and ToI chose to give more space to violence, disruption, and political intrigue in their limited coverage.

TwoCircles.net and Radiance Weekly debate triple talaq

BY ANKITA PANDEY| IN MEDIA MONITORING |10/06/2017

Coverage of the issue in two publications which focus on Indian Muslims suffered from omissions and contradictions.

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Media Watch Briefs

Amazon resisting voluntary censorship

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.

Let the games begin

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.