News media are major channels for the transmission of information to the public and deliver news about the latest developments regarding health issues such as climate change. How the media frame such information may enhance public understanding and enable appropriate responses by individuals and communities. This study follows up on …
Malaysian authorities have taken it upon themselves to decide who gets to use the word Allah. In mid-December, they banned the Catholic newspaper Herald because it used the word. The ban was revoked but on the condition that the Malay language newspaper does not use the word Allah. The Herald …
In the last week of December, many newspapers in Nepal kept their editorial space blank to protest against attacks on the offices of Himal Media. On December 21 the offices of Nepal
At the crack of dawn on November 12, a group of colourfully-clothed people took to the streets in Los Angeles and New York to distribute a copy of The New York Times. The paper carried an eye-catching headline: Iraq war ends. It also had a story saying all Americans were …
The India Today Group and German publishing firm Axel Springer have launched a fortnightly auto magazine Auto Bild. According to Ashish Bagga, the ceo of the India Today Group,
>> The Spanish police have arrested five hackers they describe as being among the most active on the Internet. The hackers, who include two 16-year-olds, are accused of disrupting government websites in the US, Asia and Latin America. Police say they co-ordinated attacks over the Internet and hacked into 21,000 …
On one floor is the phone Rupert Murdoch used to make multibillion-dollar media deals. On another is a bullet-scarred car used by journalists in the Balkans. There is also one of the biggest remaining chunks of the Berlin Wall and the mangled remains of a communication tower from the 9/11 …
the common wisdom of electoral democracy might call for politicians, specialising in arithmetic, who can identify the biggest number. But the post-modern understanding of electoral politics may demand integrating a small number of voters whose limit to power is tending towards infinity! Let us look at how a few road …
>> An aboriginal community in Western Australia has warned companies operating on the Burrup Peninsula that it will fight to protect ancient rock art in the area. The association of the Ngarluma community had earlier entered into an agreement with the Western Australian government allowing development in Burrup in return …
While Sri Lanka's armed forces battle Tamil rebels in the north, sections of the country's media are embroiled in a fight to pursue their mission as journalists. Three unrelated events have brought the issue into sharp focus. On March 14, Anurasiri Hettige, an employee of the state television corporation, Rupavahini, …
>> Law and Justice, one of Kazakhstan's few independent newspapers, is to be closed by order of the Astana region court. The newspaper is charged with improper registration. The newspaper, however, claims the move has to do with getting rid of independent media in Kazakhstan. It says that the paper …
China's growing influence in Africa is inimical to democracy in the region, according to Reporters Without Borders. The Paris-based media watchdog's annual report notes that China must take part of the blame for the growing number of arrests of journalists in Africa. "China gives aid to Africa without asking for …
Fed up with what they see as biased and distorted reporting, a group of Malaysians has launched a campaign urging the public to boycott newspapers ahead of a general elections slated for March 2008. The mainstream print media is largely controlled by ruling coalition parties or business interests close to …
The South Asia Media Commission has declared 2007 a very difficult year for South Asian journalists. The year saw 25 journalists and media workers getting killed in the line of duty. Besides, the media had to face "unprecedented restrictions and forced closures' in Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Afghanistan. The report, …
>> Journalists were killed in unusually high numbers in 2007, making it the deadliest year for the press in more than a decade, according to the Committee to Protect Journalists' end-of-year analysis. Worldwide, 64 journalists were killed in direct connection to their work in 2007
In New Zealand, where I live, and in Australia, the pro- us media is today loaded with anti-Chinese propaganda. Only one metropolitan daily newspaper in New Zealand is not controlled by pro- us interests. It regularly exposes us propaganda. For example, it found that claims of formaldehyde contamination in Chinese-made …
Environmentalists opened up a new front for climate change, by sending a bogus press release committing bp, Shell and other oil majors to a 90 per cent cut in carbon outputs by 2050 with no strings attached. bp's press office in London denied it would commit itself to a 90 …
>> Discovery Communications is partnering US video games publisher Activision Inc to make animal-themed games, Discovery Chief Executive David Zaslav said. Activision will make games with the titles tied to Discovery's Animal Planet channel. >> A TV expos
