Study on Coverage of ‘Janata Curfew’ in newspapers

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  

Outline of the study on

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:

mrinalchatterjeeiimc@gmail.com

Mark copy to

drkiranthakur@gmail.com

jitendra4iimc@gmail.com

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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