Are Tanzanian media outlets misused?
Recently there have been concerns in public circles on how the media outlets have been reporting the General Election campaigns and various utterances by politicians.`A veteran Dar es Salaam based journalist media consultant and trainer Lawrence Kilimwiko has suggested for new regulations in the ownership of media outlets in Tanzania. He was commenting on the [...]
The Facebook status controversy
Facebook is becoming a popular social media in Bangladesh like the rest of the world. It is not only limited to interaction between friends but also used as an useful tool to disseminate news and information. More importantly Facebook is also being used to discuss political views. Bangladeshi Facebook users frequently express their opinions, anger, [...]
Reut Institute: Israeli Boycott law may backfire
In response to the growing Boycott Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement, the Israeli parliament passed an anti-boycott law on 11 July. The law is heavily criticized; for example, Amnesty International denounced the anti-boycott law because it “will have a chilling effect on freedom of expression in Israel.” Blog this! Bookmark on Delicious Recommend on Facebook [...]
Media Professionals discouraged from teaching Media in India
There are some unpleasant developments talking place with regard to the appointments of teachers in the department of media studies. The University Grant Comission (UGC) has given some basic guidelines to the Universities to appointment faculty and this diktat is being implemented literally, without any logic or reasons attached. Blog this! Bookmark on Delicious Recommend [...]
Muzzling the media in Malaysia: libel and censorship
It was abundantly clear from the reaction to the Bersih 2.0 rally on July 9th that the Malaysian government has become ever more insecure about its hold on power. And yet as the government becomes ever more insecure the measures it resort to in order to shore up its hold on power become ever more [...]
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