Category: Policy, Law & Regulation
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Local media protection against transnational media remains an enduring subject in policy discourse, especially in developing countries like Pakistan and others in South Asia that are experiencing an asymmetrical cultural flow through means of very popular transnational content. In this age of digital communication, Pakistan still resorts to legal, administrative, economic and violent means for…
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The initial letter called on the attorney general “to take action, as well as statutory initiatives, which will finally put an end to the sense of total impunity, or even actual consent on the part of state institutions to the fact that racial and religious hatred, slander and libellous language are used on the Polish…
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Maybe it’s because media concentration is accelerating. Or maybe it’s because new players are getting into the game. Maybe it’s because TV and radio are desperate to try new things as they compete for attention with the Internet. Or maybe it’s just because it’s 2012 and the world is going to end soon. Either way,…
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According to [Javed] Jabbar, media’s primary role has to be “social”, because news content is different from any other – it changes attitudes, creates awareness about neighbours, society, country. He further said that profit should not become greed, and called for more transparency in cross media ownership [in Pakistan]. Media’s primary role has to be…
Sameer Padania 