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Title: | ‘We’re Losing Our Bread and Butter Like Never Before’: Journalism in Bangladesh in the Face of the COVID-19 Pandemic |
Contributor(s): | Razu, Shaharior Rahman (author); Rabbi, Md Fajlay (author); Nibir, Md Mahdi-Al-Muhtasim (author); Hoque, Farhana (author); Islam, Md Shahidul (author) |
Publication Date: | 2024-01-04 |
DOI: | 10.1007/978-3-031-41237-0_4 |
Handle Link: | https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/60666 |
Related DOI: | 10.1007/978-3-031-41237-0 |
Abstract: | | The COVID-19 pandemic has caused an increased challenge for journalists and media professionals worldwide. However, there is a lack of information on these adversities in many developing countries, including Bangladesh. Our study aims to explore these challenges and risks associated with journalism, including those who cover the health beat of news agencies in Bangladesh during the pandemic. The study follows a qualitative research approach as we interviewed national and local level journalists of leading newspapers, television channels, news agencies, and online news portals of Bangladesh. Twenty-eight in-depth interviews (IDI) were conducted following purposive sampling technique and a semi-structured interview schedule was used for data collection. The collected data were audio-taped, transcribed, and later on analyzed thematically. Five themes emerged from our findings as the participants reported of challenges in adopting to the new communication technologies and methods, job insecurity and financial crises, loss of freedom of expression, problems accessing credible information, and health and safety issues. We conclude that specific protocols on job/salary protection, training on new information and communication technologies (ICTs), precise laws and policies on circulation and access to information, and a support system for sound physical and mental health of the journalists need to be prioritised during the pandemic.
Publication Type: | Book Chapter |
Source of Publication: | Communicating COVID-19, p. 65-82 |
Publisher: | Palgrave Macmillan, Cham |
Place of Publication: | Switzerland |
ISBN: | 9783031412363 9783031412394 9783031412370 |
Fields of Research (FoR) 2020: | 420699 Public health not elsewhere classified 420606 Social determinants of health 420399 Health services and systems not elsewhere classified |
Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2020: | 200499 Public health (excl. specific population health) not elsewhere classified 200201 Determinants of health 200299 Evaluation of health and support services not elsewhere classified |
HERDC Category Description: | B1 Chapter in a Scholarly Book |
Editor: | Editor(s): Monique Lewis, Eliza Govender, Kate Holland |
Appears in Collections: | Book Chapter School of Health
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