[Reader-list] [Announcements] The Hoot This August

[Shivam Vij]

  The Hoot
  Watching media in the subcontinent 


  www.thehoot.org
  AUGUST 2004


The Hoot is a media watch website, the only one of its kind on the
subcontinent.  It is run by the Media Foundation in New Delhi. This is
a monthly newsletter that alerts its members about the new stories on
www.thehoot.org. Do you want to know what is going behind the scenes
in that one industry that defines how you see the world around you?
The more the media matters, the more we must track what it does. The
Hoot brings you in-depth reports from all parts of the sub-continent
and further afield. As the watchdog's watchdog we take a hard-edged
look at issues that plague the media, and offer riffs and reflections
on what is in the news and what ought to be. On The Hoot you will find
stories that you won't find anywhere else.
 

MEDIA WATCH

Three Tears For Terrorism
This kind of media selectivity suggests that victims of terrorism have
no families to be interviewed. By Dasu Krishnamoorty
http://www.thehoot.org/story.asp?storyid==Web203145144115Hoot95428%20PM1299&pn==1

Tehelka exposes paedophilia in Goa
India's investigative paper did a sting on Goa's worst-kept secret --
paedophilia or child-sex abuse along the state's tourist beaches. By
Frederick Noronha in Panaji
http://www.thehoot.org/story.asp?storyid==Web203145144115Hoot104017%20PM1295&pn==1

Business channels spell business
Competition and higher revenues is driving networks to start business
channels. By Mannika Chopra
http://www.thehoot.org/story.asp?storyid==Web2031010171Hoot123045%20PM1282&pn==1

Defending a label 
Neither the liberal Times nor the conservative Wall Street Journal is
rigid and doctrinal in the positions taken on important issues. By
Dasu Krishnamoorty
http://www.thehoot.org/story.asp?storyid==Web210214207191Hoot113349%20PM1285&pn==1



MEDIA RESEARCH

Coverage of elections 2004 - Part I
A nine-week study by Viewers Forum and Centre for Advocacy and
Research sheds light on issues which dominated the TV discourse.
Development score really low.
http://www.thehoot.org/story.asp?storyid==Web210214207183Hoot84942%20AM1297&pn==1



VIEWS FROM THE REGION

Indian media's cultural influence on Pakistan
The reality is that cable TV does not require a visa nor does it bend
under the pressure of conservative and religious lobbies. By Zainab
Mahmood
http://www.thehoot.org/story.asp?storyid==Web210214207223Hoot12402%20AM1283&pn==1

 

REGIONAL MEDIA
Booming media, exploited journalists in Assam
Newspaper editions are multiplying across the state but more than 60
per cent newspaper employees in Assam are deprived of basic minimum
facilities. By Nava Thakuria
http://www.thehoot.org/story.asp?storyid==Web203101449Hoot113952%20AM1281&pn==1 


MEDIA ETHICS
Advertorials: Blurring the dividing line 
Eight people in a sample of forty were able to distinguish between
editorial content and advertorials. By Deepti Mahajan
http://www.thehoot.org/story.asp?storyid==Web2031010163Hoot34839%20PM1277&pn==1 
 

FOR JOURNALISTS
A Legal Ready Reckoner
Journalists often do not have a precise idea of the legal import of
what they write, as well as of precisely what constitutes defamation,
or violations of copyright or of the Official Secrets Act. The Hoot
has attempted to put together a legal ready reckoner which spells out
what various provisions of the law, which have a bearing on the press,
actually say. Compiled by Vishal Parik.
http://www.thehoot.org/legal_overview.asp 

Panos-GKP journalism awards 2004
Four awards of $1,000 each will be made for the best journalism on
this topic produced by journalists in developing and transition
countries.
http://www.thehoot.org/story.asp?storyid==Web203145144115Hoot111014%20PM1296&pn==1

Latest list of Hoot subscribers - join them! 
The Hoot completed three years in March. It needs small contributions
from a large number of people to keep it going. Presenting the latest
list of contributors
http://www.thehoot.org/story.asp?storyid==Web210214207199Hoot125754%20PM1260&pn==1


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