Dailies of Nepal (until 2017 BS) - Nepali Media History

Dailies of Nepal (Until 2017 BS)

1. Aawaz
2. Dainik Samachar
3. Nepal Samachar
4. Nepal Times
5. Samay

6. Sahi-Sandesh
7. Samaj
8. Jaya Nepal
9. Nepal Bhasa Patrika
10. Commoner (English)
11. Halkhabar
12. Diyalo

*Source: Shrestha, Bhagawati Prasad. (2017). Patra-Patrikako Janma ra Tyasko Gatividhi [The Birth of Newspapers and its Activity]. Kathmandu: Dineshananda Sharma Rimal [on behalf of Nepal Patra-Patrika Pradarshani Committee]. pp. 31.

Radio in the Urban Context - Timalsina (2015)

Radio in the Urban Context: How Can Radio Attract Audiences of
Newer Municipalities of Nepal

Rajiv Timalsina

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Abstract:

Radio is mostly connected with rural areas, where other mass media forms seldom exist. The use of radio in urban context,. cannot be denied however; this has been well-exemplified in the aftermath of 7.8 M earthquake on 25 April 2015 and the subsequent aftershocks. New municipalities have been declared in Nepal without much preparations, and many lack basic infrastructures of transport, health and communications. Now that radio is thought of for the rural, the newly transformed municipalities too can use radio to raise discourse with urban audiences on different relevant urban issues.

Keywords: radio, urbanization, new municipalities, metropolitan, urban listener-ship, audiences.

Citations

APA (6th edition): 

Timalsina, R. (2015, July). Radio in the Urban Context: How Can Radio Attract Audiences of Newer Municipalities in Nepal. KCC Media Journal, I(1), 43-46.

MLA (7th edition): 

Timalsina, Rajiv. "Radio in the Urban Context: How Can Radio Attract Audiences of Newer Municipalities in Nepal". KCC Media Journal I:1. (2015): 43-46.

Laxminath Sharma

Laxminath Sharma

लक्ष्मीनाथ शर्मा

Lecturer of films and film director

Date of Birth: 24 September 1945

Place of Birth: Barbote, Illam, Nepal

Parents: Prajapati Sharma and Dewaki Sharma

Citizenship No. 525/026

Current Address: Old Baneshwor

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Social Media - Shrestha (2015)

Social Media: A Communication Revolution

Anish Raj Shrestha

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Abstract:

Social media is now a significant, parallel communication channel in our daily lives. It has been marked an advanced, easy and accessible human communication technology, making possible the networking of almost all people around the world. Its dynamic and customizable nature has made it a parallel communication channel that befits almost every avenues of personal, group, community and organizational levels of communication. People have highly benefitted with social media in exchanging and informing, which has resulted even to social and regime-change. On the other side, nevertheless, it has also been used for libel, defame, hate speech and has many a times challenged privacy concern.

Keywords: user-generated, viral, share, social engagement, Arab Spring, Dil Shova, social media revolution, parallel communication channel.

Citations

APA (6th edition): 

Shrestha, A. R. (2015, July). Social Media: A Communication Revolution. KCC Media Journal, I(1), 47-54.

MLA (7th edition): 

Shrestha, Anish Raj. "Social Media: A Communication Revolution". KCC Media Journal I:1. (2015): 47-54.

Heritage Information in the Vaṃśāvalīs - Rajopadhyaya (2015)

Heritage Information in the Vaṃśāvalīs: Examples from the Gopālarājavaṃśāvalī

Abhas Dharananda Rajopadhyaya

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Abstract:

Chronicles are the historical narratives, better known as vaṃśāvalīs in Nepāl and India as well. The "heritage information" is abundant in the form of historical writings, myths, legends, tales and other forms collected in such vaṃśāvalīs written over different centuries. I take some examples of "heritage information" of festive events as a part of Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH) of Nepāl from the famous Gopālarājavaṃśāvalī (VG) written in the fourteenth century. While the entries in the vaṃśāvalīs are considered to pertain to a distant past, its knowledge value for modern scholars and/or readers are undeniable. Their proper analysis shall open up newer and broader perspectives to know the past, as well as to document the past knowledge and experiences for both the present and the future.

Keywords: chronicle, vaṃśāvalī, history, heritage, ICH, festivals, information, legends.

Citations

APA (6th edition): 

Rajopadhyaya, A. D. (2015, July). Heritage Information in the Vaṃśāvalīs: Examples from the Gopālarājavaṃśāvalī. KCC Media Journal, I(1), 37-42.

MLA (7th edition): 

Rajopadhyaya, Abhas Dharananda. "Heritage Information in the Vaṃśāvalīs: Examples from the Gopālarājavaṃśāvalī". KCC Media Journal I:1. (2015): 37-42.

Media Management in Nepal - Bista (2015)

Media Management in Nepal

Janardan Bista

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Abstract:

The management of media institutions is less debated topic in Nepal. All the debate, discussions and even research are focused more on the rights of journalists and press freedom. All the efforts from government and non-government sector are more concentrated on how to promote freedom of expression and protect right to know of people through the use of mass media. There are already various laws, rules and regulations to regularize and protect media sector in the country. The proposed new constitution will be proved further press-friendly, as it is all set to mention press freedom in the preamble and media rights have been accepted as fundamental rights of the people. But the question is — can all these things be achieved in absence of competent management practices within media houses? The answer is obviously a big ‘No'. The fact is — incompetent and poorly-managed media cannot produce quality contents. This research article tries to explore the understanding and status of media management in Nepal — an eye-opener for media-owners and managers to adopt professional management practices at one hand and to pave ways for further research in this area.

Keywords: media management, professional practice, media institutions, ownerships, public enterprises.

Citations

APA (6th edition): 

Bista, J. (2015, July). Media Management in Nepal. KCC Media Journal, I(1), 30-36.

MLA (7th edition): 

Bista, Janardan. "Media Management in Nepal". KCC Media Journal I:1. (2015): 30-36.

Role and Performance of NIC in RTI Implementation in Nepal - Pathak (2015)

Role and Performance of NIC in RTI Implementation in Nepal

Yek Raj Pathak

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Abstract:

National Information Commission (NIC) – a judicial body provisioned by the Right to Information Act, 2007 – is mandated to play active role for the effectively implementation of Right to Information (RTI) laws in Nepal. Internationally, the function of Information Commission is somehow similar to promote information seeking activities, to protect the people's right and establish the information culture in the nation. It has a judicial right to punish the public agencies refusing to provide information to the requesters in line with the Act. It also acts as a campaigner in leveraging the demand and supply-side to demand and flow of information. Nepal has made some success stories with the NIC's proactive role and the cases have been established as precedents in the emergence and evolution of RTI regime in Nepal. The RTI Act in Nepal came as a result of democratic movement and more than a decade-long struggle by journalists and civil society activists. But the mere formation of the Act and the establishment of NIC are not enough for the effective implementation of the Act. The bureaucracy, which has been accustomed to work in an environment of secrecy for centuries, should make information-friendly mechanism and change working ambience to propel information culture in Nepal. Although the NIC has a vital role to that end, it has been more or less confined within the capital and is not proactively performing its role to promote information-culture.

Keywords: Right to Information, NIC, implementation, people's rights, public agencies.

Citations

APA (6th edition): 

Pathak, Y. R. (2015, July). Role and Performance of NIC in RTI Implementation in Nepal. KCC Media Journal, I(1), 23-29.

MLA (7th edition): 

Pathak, Yek Raj. "Role and Performance of NIC in RTI Implementation in Nepal". KCC Media Journal I:1. (2015): 23-29.