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'Politics of Big Tech and Implications for Democracy in South Asia' , thoughts and comments welcome. Thanks @ranewm for your generous remarks!

WATCH LIVE: Prehistories of the Information Age and the Politics in South Asia — In this @SouthAsiaBrown seminar, Aasim Khan & @HashmiZehra will explore the history of a state-led information infrastructure directed at identifying individuals in Pakistan. ow.ly/3xnL50NeKu3

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Everyday minute on this platform goes to support Musk and his vile agenda. As we see it, the best option is to log out (our page can stay as is)! If you wish to stay in touch, our doors are open, News Initiative, IIIT-Delhi. Come find us, we will love to get you coffee :-)


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Watching British media coverage of Iraq invasion anniversary, you'd think it's some remote war they had nothing to do with


but 'sustainability' awards list has only grown longer 🤔

Over the past five years, India has slipped nine spots in the ranking for United Nations-mandated sustainable development goals — ranking 121 in 2022, according to an annual report by Down To Earth and @CSEINDIA downtoearth.org.in/news/climate-c…



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I analysed last 5 years of complaints filed against TV news channels to India's TV news regulator. The major find: some of the top channels are also the top violators of the codes for ethical journalism.

KhandekarOmkar's tweet image. I analysed last 5 years of complaints filed against TV news channels to India's TV news regulator. The major find: some of the top channels are also the top violators of the codes for ethical journalism.

Among the best investigative reporting ever, if not in the last few years. outstanding effort.

Kamlesh Pattni, a Kenyan gold dealer is captured on camera offering to launder more than $100 million of dirty money. Posing as criminals, @AJIUNIT reporters film Pattni as he shares his network of affiliations with African heads of state. #GoldMafia ➡️ aje.io/gmep1



What's so amazing that this is coming from the South of India (can see Karnataka in background). For context: TN and UP were at same stage in 1947, today maybe TN > 10*UP GDP/per capita

Kamlesh Pattni, a Kenyan gold dealer is captured on camera offering to launder more than $100 million of dirty money. Posing as criminals, @AJIUNIT reporters film Pattni as he shares his network of affiliations with African heads of state. #GoldMafia ➡️ aje.io/gmep1



In some good news, a major state (also poll bound) has passed a first of its kind 'Right to Health' law in India. Chances are you haven't heard of it. That's the "bad news". We study this failure.


“It can’t be denied that there is a sense of fear among Muslims,” said Imli. “I think the mainstream media and especially the television media are playing a big role.” Delhi based media to be more precise.

From giving up the food they love to changing how they pray, live, work & dress, #Indian #Muslims are making fundamental changes to identity to survive a tide of #Hindu majoritarianism in their changing country. @rohitghosh2 reports Art: @taraanandart article-14.com/post/the-myria…



obsession and then add some real 'physics envy'

How the obsession with "Mathematical models" has changed Political Science beyond recognition, if not destroyed it completely in the American context. Disciplinary history!! lawliberty.org/book-review/wh…



To understand how little things have moved in academia since the 1970s (when non-Western communication scholars led the demand for 'New World Information and Communication' Order) Sad but totally expected reality in this report:

From Journal of Communication: Inequities of race, place, and gender among the communication citation elite, 2000–2019 Authors: Deen Freelon,  Meredith L Pruden,  Kirsten A Eddy,  Rachel Kuo Link: buff.ly/3YPoC0x

icahdq's tweet image. From Journal of Communication: Inequities of race, place, and gender among the communication citation elite, 2000–2019 

Authors: Deen Freelon,  Meredith L Pruden,  Kirsten A Eddy,  Rachel Kuo

Link: buff.ly/3YPoC0x


One of the finest (pop) theorist of our times

“..tum karo zulm to woh sarkari hai, aur hum kare fariyad to woh gaddari hai ..” (1991) Hum Kader Khan

FilmHistoryPic's tweet image. “..tum karo zulm to woh sarkari hai,
aur hum kare fariyad to woh gaddari hai ..”

(1991) Hum

Kader Khan


human cost of #information

#DU debarred two students and recommended action against the six others over screening of the #BBCDocumentary. @butaniashna spoke to six of the students – mostly first-generation learners — for who being admitted to DU was a matter of pride. thequint.com/news/education…



this is really good news!! Long form journalism in video documentary is nearly extinct in the age of 24/7 debate and news cycle.

.@seemi_pasha's documentary 'Inside Jamia Nagar' sought answers for essential social questions, asking why the inhabitants of Delhi's most prominent Muslim ghettos had been viewed with such suspicion. Watch here. thewire.in/media/dheeraj-…



in a break from daily 'bad news'

What I get from @rajkamaljha : Apart from the jokes, the barbs and the reminders of how grim journalism is under the mailed first, journalists continue to look towards the North Star - and that is both a note of hope and a note of warning.



Indian journalism is in a strange place. Journalists doing their jobs on the ground are hounded and persecuted. But media owners are busy inviting the PM to attend their conclaves and falling over backwards to not even mention these assaults on journalism. #IrfanMeraj



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A G-20 hologram projected onto Humayun’s Tomb. G-20-themed floats in smaller states. Standardized tests have come stamped with the “G-20 India” logo, which incorporates a lotus, a symbol of the BJP. No one can miss the G20 PR blitz. story w/ @gerryshih wapo.st/3JzN283


first he came for #journalism , now he's coming for academic orthodoxy #masterclass

Indian journalism is in a strange place. Journalists doing their jobs on the ground are hounded and persecuted. But media owners are busy inviting the PM to attend their conclaves and falling over backwards to not even mention these assaults on journalism. #IrfanMeraj



Delighted to have contributed to this interesting volume on 'Great Transition in India ' Chapter on federal dimensions of digital India and its implications for democratic governance available here: worldscientific.com/worldscibooks/…


in today's bad news for #journalism

“I had a harrowing experience. What happened to me is yet to sink in… I can’t say whether I will continue as a journalist.” #SanjayRana 19, student-journalist to @rohitghosh2 after arrest for confronting UP minister @gulabdeviup article-14.com/post/teen-repo…



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