PUSHPA ACHANTA : Articles

Karnataka media needs lessons in sensitization

BY PUSHPA ACHANTA| IN REGIONAL MEDIA |11/07/2017

From fallacious reporting to threats, some sections of Karnataka media have made lives of two young women miserable

Encountering sexism and casteism at work

BY PUSHPA ACHANTA| IN REGIONAL MEDIA |12/01/2017

The regional media allow discrimination against women and dalits to flourish, a Network of Women in Media conference was told recently.

TV9 Kannada rides roughshod over transgenders

BY PUSHPA ACHANTA| IN MEDIA PRACTICE |12/10/2016

The channel’s insensitive depiction of transgenders has put them at greater risk of violence and hostility, angering an already vulnerable community.

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Amazon resisting voluntary censorship

The new term for self censorship is voluntary censorship, as proposed by companies like Netflix and Hotstar. ET reports that streaming video service Amazon Prime is opposing a move by its peers to adopt a voluntary censorship code in anticipation of the Indian government coming up with its own rules. Amazon is resisting because it fears that it may alienate paying subscribers.

Let the games begin

Clearly, the run to the 2019 elections is on. A journalist received a call from someone saying they were from Aajtak channel and were conducting a survey, asking whom she was going to vote for in 2019. On being told that her vote was secret, the caller assumed she wasn't going to vote for 'Modiji'. The caller, a woman, also didn't identify herself. A month or two earlier the same journalist received a call, this time from a man, asking if she was going to vote for the BSP.