Developing alternative media traditions in Nepal

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Developing alternative media traditions in Nepal

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Nepal's democratic revolution of 1990 awakened the suppressed voices of people throughout the Himalayan nation. Nowhere was this seen and heard more loudly than in the field of the dynamic new media that thrived after these momentous political events. Some of the most remarkable examples of these new media are the community television, radio, and newspapers produced in the town of Tansen, where they thrive far from the political hub of the state in the Kathmandu Valley.

Developing Alternative Media Traditions in Nepal examines how these innovative media came about and the many obstacles their producers faced when attempting to speak of and to their own community. The book is based on long-term ethnographic research in Nepal in the mid-1990s and subsequent accounts of the continuing development of Tansen's community media organizations. It offers a unique perspective on how people in developing nations use mass media and is one of the first full-length, detailed accounts in English of new media developments in Nepal.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Preface
Chapter 2 1. Introduction: How Television Came to Tansen
Chapter 3 2. Conceptualizing Media Outside the Mainstream
Chapter 4 3. Communication for Development: Nepal's Media Revolution
Chapter 5 4. The Rise and Fall of a Hill Town
Chapter 6 5. Diversity and Distinction: The People of Tansen
Chapter 7 6. Community, Development, and Empowerment
Chapter 8 7. Television Tradition: The Mediation of Culture
Chapter 9 8. Conclusion: Locating Alternative Media

Product details

Published Jul 07 2008
Format Hardback
Edition 1st
Extent 258
ISBN 9780739125250
Imprint Lexington Books
Dimensions 240 x 162 mm
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing

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