Jamia - Centres -Centre for Culture Media & Governance

Conference Paper Presentation

Media Diversity: Concept, Analysis, Policy

An International Conference organised by

Centre for Culture, Media & Governance

Jamia Millia Islamia

and

Institute of Media Studies & Brussels Centre for Journalism Studies

KU Leuven

25^th Nov 2014 - DAY 1

Panel 1: Media Diversity & Democracy

· Dr. Jeremy Shtern	Networks of Exclusion: The Mediation of Cultural Diversity in Canada’s Broadcasting System	Presentation
· Prof. Leen D’Haenens	Why Democracy Needs Media Monitoring: Conceptualizing the Media for Democracy Monitor	Presentation
· Prof. Biswajit Das	Interrogating Democracy and Engaging with Media Diversity	Presentation

Panel 2A– Regional Media

· Dr. Ratnakar Tripathi	Diversity in language markets: A comparative study of music industries in Bihar and Haryana	Presentation
· Dr. Pranta Pratik Patnaik	From Visual Exclusion to Visible Inclusion : The Seduction of Media Diversity in Odisha Television	Presentation
· Dr. Shruti Singh	Content Diversity in Print Media: A study of ‘Prabhat Khabar'	Presentation
· K. Nagarajuna	Representation & Participation of Dalits in Telegu News channels	Presentation

Panel 2B- Ownership & Diversity

· Prof. Padmaja Shaw	New Modes of Ownership = More Content Diversity?	Presentation
· Nelsonmandela	Local Cable Channels in Tamil Nadu: Prospects and Issues	Presentation
· Anushi Agarwal	Barriers to Diversity in Community Radio	Presentation
· Smarika Kumar	The Legal Understanding of Diversity in India: Comparing Jurisprudence on Newspapers & Television	Presentation

Panel 3: Practitioners’ Roundtable: Experiencing Multiple Axis of Media Diversity

26^th Nov 2014- DAY 2

Panel 4: Measuring Media Diversity

· Dr. Ada Fehr	Operationalization and Measurement of Regional Diversity in German Public Service Broadcasting	Presentation
· Dr. Julie Reid & Dr. Vanessa Malila	The importance of context: toward a media diversity measurement model for South Africa	Presentation
· Prof. Peggy Valcke	Measuring Media Pluralism in Europe: Combining Legal Economic and Socio-Demographic Indicators with Risk Assessment Methods	Presentation
· Vibodh Parthasarathi	Towards a Media Diversity Index for India	Presentation

Panel 5A – Users & Digital Diversity

· Dr. N. Thilaka	Identifying the Dynamics of User Comments on affecting the Perception of Journalists and Readers	Presentation
· Dr. Rachna Sharma	Online News Media and the ‘Myth’ of Diversity: An Indian Chapter	Presentation
· Rashi Mishra	Social Media & Diversity: Study of Facebook Users	Presentation

Panel 5B – Pluralism in News Content

· Dr. Athikho Kaisii	Pluralism & Political News on National TV Channels	Presentation
· Dr. Rajesh Das & Debharti Dhar	Analysis of Diversity in Bengali Television Programmes: A Selected Case Study	Presentation
· Somak Sen	Media diversity in India: A Comparative Study between NDTV India and Zee News	Presentation

Panel 6 – Looking Ahead

· Jo-Ann Dong	Examining Online Media’s Contribution to Expand Diversity in Malaysia	Presentation
· Dr. Vipul Mudgal	Im4change: Sowing Hope through Intervention	Presentation
· Emilia Zboralska	An Evaluation of Canada’s Policy of Diversity Reporting in the Audiovisual Industry	Presentation