Covering and Explaining Conflict in Civil Society

edited by Nalini Rajan

ISBN 10: 8125054847 / ISBN 13: 9788125054849

Published by Orient BlackSwan, 2014

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Contents: Introduction/Nalini Rajan. Part I: Covering Conflict In Civil Society: 1. Libya: Scenes from the Uprising 2011/Anjali Kamat. 2. Turkey: Hope for a Resurgent Arab Spring/Atul Aneja. 3. Pakistan: Civil Society Interrupted/Nirupama Subramanian. 4. Khairlanji Protest: A Protest or Revolt?/Pavan Arvind Dahat. Part II: Explaining Conflict in Civil Society: 5. 'Culture(s) of Corruption': Media Representations and Anxieties/Subarno Chattarji. 6. Media, Civil Society and the Politics of Anti-Politics/Sukumar Muralidharan. 7. Subaltern Consciousness, Public Sphere and Social Media/Arnav Das Sharma. Part III: Civil Society in Social Media: 8. From Social Media to Social Action/Usha Raman and Sridivya Mukpalkar. 9. Partial Answers and Quick Fixes: The Lure of Technological Systems/Arvind Sivaramakrishnan and Mahalakshmi Jayaram. Covering and Explaining Conflict in Civil Society is a collection of essays that highlights issues of ethics specifically in journalism of conflict. The media takes an active interest in reporting cases of conflict as political unrest has a direct and immediate impact on people s lives. In the first part, this volume presents four such reportages; one each from Libya, Pakistan, Turkey and Khairlanji (India). Devoted to reportage, these case studies raise an important question: How far can a reporter prescribe and opine in her reportage? The authors explain, by their own example, the need for a journalist to be aware of this question during live reportage. The second part of this volume is a critical look at the contemporary media scene in India. The authors draw our attention to the vibrant civil society that shook the administration when allegations of corruption cropped up. Citing instances of corruption within the media, the essays delineate the conflict between vested interest and ethics in journalism. In the concluding part, the authors focus on social media, as a new medium of civil society, playing an active role in the reportage of conflict through clicks and shares. The essays here provoke the reader to ask if journalistic ethics do find a place in social media at all! Presenting case-studies, theory and arguments, this volume is invaluable for students of journalism and mass communication. It will also be of interest to the lay reader.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Covering and Explaining Conflict in Civil Society
• Publisher: Orient BlackSwan
• Publication Date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 8125054847
• ISBN 13: 9788125054849
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: New
• Dust Jacket Condition: New

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Synopsis

Covering and Explaining Conflict in Civil Society is a collection of essays that highlights issues of ethics specifically in journalism of conflict. The media takes an active interest in reporting cases of conflict as political unrest has a direct and immediate impact on people s lives. In the first part, this volume presents four such reportages; one each from Libya, Pakistan, Turkey and Khairlanji (India). Devoted to reportage, these case studies raise an important question: How far can a reporter prescribe and opine in her reportage? The authors explain, by their own example, the need for a journalist to be aware of this question during live reportage. The second part of this volume is a critical look at the contemporary media scene in India. The authors draw our attention to the vibrant civil society that shook the administration when allegations of corruption cropped up. Citing instances of corruption within the media, the essays delineate the conflict between vested interest and ethics in journalism. In the concluding part, the authors focus on social media, as a new medium of civil society, playing an active role in the reportage of conflict through clicks and shares. The essays here provoke the reader to ask if journalistic ethics do find a place in social media at all! Presenting case-studies, theory and arguments, this volume is invaluable for students of journalism and mass communication. It will also be of interest to the lay reader.

About the Author

Nalini Rajan is Professor at Asian College of Journalism, Chennai.