Reorienting the media
The media has permeated our lives so much that now we cannot live without it. It gives us information, entertainment and views on personal and collective affairs round the clock.…
Media resistance in British India
In my previous article, ‘Discursive paradigm of resistance’ (August 8) published in these pages I discussed two major approaches of resistance: the coercive approach and the discursive approach. The coercive…
The outrage media’s war games
The smoke-filled newsrooms of English dailies in the Dubai of the 1980s where a clutch of newspapers had just debuted should normally have been centres of conflict. Indian, Pakistani, Sri…
Media sources
The law in India is in a precarious state on a vital aspect of freedom of the press: the lack of statutory protection of a journalist’s sources. The fundamental right…
Our travel footprint
Pakistan may be a minor defaulter in creating the crisis of climate change. Of the 32,100 million tonnes of deadly Carbon Dioxide (CO2) emitted globally every year, we can only…
U-turn on media reforms
One hopes the recent unfortunate reversal by the Supreme Court of its previous position regarding the ban on hunting of the houbara bustard does not become a signal for other…
Media sexism
Reham Khan has lamented the manner in which her recent divorce was treated by the media. With journalists scrambling to reveal all the ‘skeletons in her closet’ for primetime slots…
Media in chains
This has been a bad year for freedom of expression in Pakistan. For both media and civil society, both freedom of expression and access to information have, in general, deteriorated…
Media and the resilient truth
The current predicament of two TV personalities in the US underscores how the media as well as perceptions of it are changing among many viewers — even among the media’s…
Gender in the media today
Panelists speak at the launch of 'Through the Gender lens' on Monday, December 10, 2010 in Islamabad. -Photo by Dawn.com/Zeresh John With honour killings and acid attacks making frequent headlines,…
