Dear Colleagues,
We have planned to
take up a study on Coverage of ‘Janata Curfew’ in newspapers
dated March 23, 2020 as per the outline below. We discussed the concept yesterday with MGM University Vice
Chancellor Prof Sudhir Gavhane, and heads of some media departments such as Prof
Ujjwala Barve, Prof Radhesham Jadhav and Prof Rajendra Gode. We hope heads
of other media schools will join the study
during the day today.
We request you to spread the word around
through facebook, blogs and other platforms for wider participation in the study.
With regards,
Yours truly,
Kiran Thakur Mrinal Chatterjee
FLAME University Indian
Institute of Mass Communication
Pune, Maharashtra Dhengkanal,
Odisha
22.03.2020
Coverage of ‘Janata Curfew’ in newspapers dated
March 23, 2020
Rationale:
‘Janata Curfew’, as termed by PM NarendraModi in
his speech to the Nation on 20 March evening is an effort to contain the spread
of COVID 19. Considering the magnitude of the population and scale of operation- it is indeed a
milestone in the fight against COVID-19. Never before a PM has given a call for
a voluntary lock-down of the entire country. It has got enthusiastic support
from a large section of population, if social media posts are to be believed.
It has got good coverage in mainstream newspapers across languages. It will be
interesting to map the actual coverage of the ‘curfew’ in daily newspapers
across the country in different languages.
Objective:
1. To
map the coverage in quantitative and qualitative terms.
2. To
record different kinds of stories, visuals and graphics
Study
Time frame:
Daily Newspaper dated
March 23, 2020 only
How
do we go about the study:
Step 1: Create a Database with the following table:
A.
About the Investigator
Name
of the Investigator,
His/her
position in the media school, reach Centre’s address,
Faculty/researcher/student/postgraduate, undergraduate, email (must),
mobile
number (WhatsApp, landline)
B.
News Stories
Newspaper title, URL,
language of the content, title of the story, newspaper heading, text of the
story, placement of the story,
C.
Photograph/s
Size of the
photograph, page no. width of the photograph, caption,
D.
Graphics /infographics,
brief description of the content
Size, page no, brief
description of the content.
E.
Cartoons, brief
description of the content
F.
Human interest/off
beat stories. A short description of interesting human interest/off beat stories.
Placement. Size.
G.
Opinion pieces,
including editorials, if any.
Please do not include
news agency stories because
these stories will be repeated from newspapers across the country. Include only
local stories by the newspapers own staff.
Step
2: Send the data to:
Mark
copy to
Step
3: Data will be compiled and sent to all participating investigators and media
academicians by mid-April. They are free to use the data for any of the deliverables as follows:
newspaper articles, features, research papers, conference papers, blogs,
monographs, books.
Step 4: The Heads of the centres may assign
grades/marks to the investigators or award them Certificate of Participation.
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