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Journalists in the Hindu Kush Himalayan region are often in need of resources (space, time, and means) to support investigative stories on the impacts of climate change and other drivers of change. Under the Himalayan Climate Change...
The Ecological Continuum Project was started in June 2007 by ALPARC (Alpine Network of Protected Areas), CIPRA (International Commission for the Protection of the Alps), ISCAR (International Scientific Committee Alpine Research) and the European Alpine Programme of the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) with the aim of maintaining or restoring ecological connectivity between important areas for...
It is difficult to present the genesis, growth and present style of functioning of the press in Nepal. These aspects get blurred, as does its role in society as a whole. An inquiry into the plight of the press would also mean an inquiry into the level of intellectual development, literacy growth, communicational development and above all, the attitudinal change of the people at large.
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A 'mass media' is defined as 'any means or agency or instrument which communicates ideas, attitudes, impressions or images to a large number of people'. There are various forms of media: newspapers, magazines, radio, television, films, books etc. Drama, comics, music, puppetry, and graffiti are also included in mass-media. Television is by far the most powerful medium because it dramatises the...
Second language acquisition specialists all over the world are familiar with generations of students who, despite having spent ten, twelve, or fifteen years in classes learning a second language, emerge as non-functioning adults in second language performance, especially with respect to oral performance. On the other hand, countless number of cases of second language learners can be cited who...
African Heads of States and Governments gather in Addis Ababa for the 14th Ordinary Session of the Assembly of the African Union at a time when the continent faces a huge digital divide. African women are disproportionately affected by this divide.
The Summit's theme “Information and Communication Technologies in Africa: Challenges and Prospects for Development” is...
Mass Media in Bhutan primarily refers to the radio, Kuensel (the national newspaper), cinema halls, television and Internet. These are the main media disseminating information and serving as sources of entertainment. Although different forms of media were introduced since the launching of socio-economic development in the 1960s, television and Internet services were introduced only in June...
The process of economic modernisation involves urbanisation, industrialisation, secularisation, media participation, education, and democratisation. Other changes include the adoption of scientific technology and market economy resulting in a fundamental shift in people's values, attitudes and expectations as a response to the changing economic and social circumstances. In the case of Bhutan,...
This paper begins by introducing Meme ‘Haylain’ Happiness, a concept drawn from a Bhutanese folktale about an old man, Meme Haylay Haylay, who exchanges his turquoise for a song, and happily returns home singing the song. It challenges whether we are ready to pursue happiness in our daily life like Meme Haylay Haylay who had realised that more happiness would flow from singing a...
This paper critically assesses the globally dominant pattern of complex relationship that obtains among mass media, market economics, and both cultural and environmental change. Making use of Buddhist conceptual resources that link the meaning of development, environmental conservation and attentional enrichment, the effects of consuming mass media commodities are evaluated in ways that are...
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