1st Edition
Global Perspectives on Journalism in Nepal Nepalese News Media in the Twenty–First Century
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’s 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
Biography
Bhanu Bhakta Acharya is an Adjunct Professor at the University of Ottawa, and Saint Paul University, Ottawa, Canada.
Shyam Sharma is an Associate Professor and Graduate Program Director at Stony Brook University, USA.
