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Media Bites

Media Bites

Written by: Roli Books
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 Roli Pulse, the digital arm of Roli Books, in association with Newslaundry, presents Media Bites, a specially curated series on the media landscape.Copyright 2020 Roli Books Politics & Government
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  • Media Bites: Episode 6 - Are Indians too Easily Offended? - Vir Das, Aditi Mittal and Abhinandan Sekhri

    Media Bites: Episode 6 - Are Indians too Easily Offended? - Vir Das, Aditi Mittal and Abhinandan Sekhri
    Aug 21 2020
    Can comedy and satire be tools of social change? How does this ecosystem interact with a large democracy like ours? When the perception of what is offensive changes from person to person, how do we define an ‘offence’? Are Indians too easily offended? To discuss these themes, Roli Pulse, in association with Newslaundry, brings together comedians Vir Das and Aditi Mittal, and Newslaundry co-founder, Abhinandan Sekhri, in the sixth and final episode of this specially curated podcast series on the media landscape.
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    47 mins
  • Media Bites: Episode 5 - Is Print Ready for the Web? - Sattvik Mishra, Andre Borges, Pragya Tiwari and Abhinandan Sekhri

    Media Bites: Episode 5 - Is Print Ready for the Web? - Sattvik Mishra, Andre Borges, Pragya Tiwari and Abhinandan Sekhri
    Aug 21 2020
    In this age of the internet, there’s little that doesn’t go viral, including the news. But there’s some confusion as to what is meant by ‘viral news’ and what constitutes ‘viral content’. More to the point, is there a difference between ‘news’ and ‘content’? Or are they synonymous? To discuss the finer points of this question, Roli Pulse, in association with Newslaundry, brings together Sattvik Mishra, CEO of ScoopWhoop; Pragya Tiwari, journalist and policy consultant; Andre Borges, content creator at Pocket Aces; and Abhinandan Sekhri, co-founder of Newslaundry.
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    46 mins
  • Media Bites: Episode 4 - Is the Press Free in India? - Naresh Fernandes, Siddharth Varadarajan, Dhanya Rajendran and Abhinandan Sekhri

    Media Bites: Episode 4 - Is the Press Free in India? - Naresh Fernandes, Siddharth Varadarajan, Dhanya Rajendran and Abhinandan Sekhri
    Aug 21 2020
    On the Global Press Freedom Index, India ranks 142 out of 180 countries. To make sense of why a country that prides itself on being the world’s largest democracy fares so abysmally on press freedom, it’s imperative to locate and speak about the different pressures that journalists are under. To this end, Roli Pulse, in association with Newslaundry, brings you this podcast with Siddharth Varadarajan, editor of the Wire; Naresh Fernandes, editor of Scroll; Dhanya Rajendran, chief editor of the News Minute; and Abhinandan Sekhri, co-founder of Newslaundry. They discuss the pressures the Indian media faced in the past and how they are different from what it must deal with today.
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    45 mins
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