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Title: | Wavering between profitmaking and change-making: Private media companies in conflicts in Nepal | Contributor(s): | Ghimire, Safal (author); Upreti, Bishnu Raj (author) | Publication Date: | 2014 | DOI: | 10.1177/1750635214530315 | Handle Link: | https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/17043 | Abstract: | Post-1990 Nepal is remarkable, not only for democratic political change but also for its mushrooming media industry; media companies have been influential actors in conflicts. To analyse their role and motives as private business actors in conflicts, this article explores the dynamics of media engagement, the implications of media companies' actions and needs, and their motives as corporate actors. The authors focus on two conflicts - the anti-monarchy movement and the internal labour disputes in media companies - and the companies' response to different conflict situations. Using a qualitative case study approach, the article concludes that media companies in conflict situations have inevitable social as well as commercial obligations. Balancing these two interests and maintaining political neutrality become challenges to media in conflict contexts. Evidence shows that media companies can either manipulate situations or be manipulated themselves by various actors' interests, leading to unintended and sometimes undesirable conflicts. | Publication Type: | Journal Article | Source of Publication: | Media, War & Conflict, 7(2), p. 187-200 | Publisher: | Sage Publications Ltd | Place of Publication: | United Kingdom | ISSN: | 1750-6360 1750-6352 |
Fields of Research (FoR) 2008: | 160801 Applied Sociology, Program Evaluation and Social Impact Assessment 200101 Communication Studies 200104 Media Studies |
Fields of Research (FoR) 2020: | 441001 Applied sociology, program evaluation and social impact assessment 470101 Communication studies 470107 Media studies |
Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2008: | 890405 Radio and Television Broadcasting 940204 Public Services Policy Advice and Analysis |
Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2020: | 220504 Radio, television, film and video services 230204 Public services policy advice and analysis |
Peer Reviewed: | Yes | HERDC Category Description: | C1 Refereed Article in a Scholarly Journal |
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Appears in Collections: | Journal Article |
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