December 2nd, 2008
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Even as I study the role of citizen journalism in the 11/26 Mumabai terror attack (timeline, case study, screenshots, aftermath), I am being asked to comment on the online criticism of Indian news media’s coverage of the terror attack.
I’m sure that there is much anger in general against the Indian mainstream media both online and offline. Since mainstream media is unlikely to highlight such stories themselves, the anger is more visible online.
As I can see, there are three themes in the anger against Indian news media’s coverage of the 11/26 Mumbai terror attack –
1. Criticism for broadcasting sensitive information and sensationalizing the news coverage.
2. Criticism for giving more importance to the attacks on the Taj Mahal and Oberoi Trident hotels than the attack on the Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus (CST).
3. Criticism (by Pakistani media) for not questioning the government’s version of the story.
December 2nd, 2008 |
Posted in Citizen Journalism, Media, Noteworthy, Social Media
| Tagged with 11/26, Attack, Bombay, Conventional Media, Indian Media, Mainstream Media, Media, Mumbai, Terror, Traditional-Media |
November 30th, 2008
I have been tracking the role of citizen journalism in the 11/26 Mumbai terror attack in a timeline, a work-in-progress case study and a Flickr set of screenshots.
Hundreds of people — led by Vinukumar Ranganathan, Dina Mehta and Peter Griffin — shared news and other useful information from Mumbai on Twitter, Flickr and their blogs. Several bloggers live-blogged the event while Global Voices and DesiPundit worked hard to highlight the best posts.
However, even as we spent sleepless nights highlighting the most useful information on the Mumbai terror attack, several other people were busy spreading hate through some of the same online tools.
I don’t think of myself as particularly political and, in three years of blogging, I haven’t written even one post that is political in nature. My first tendency is to shy away from participating in emotionally charged political discussions like the ones beginning to dominate the Indian blogosphere now. I’m sure many of you feel the same way.
However, we will be doing ourselves great disservice if we step back and let the loonies take over. The 11/26 Mumbai terror attack is over, but the work of the online community in India is not over.
November 30th, 2008 |
Posted in Blogging, Citizen Journalism, Noteworthy, Social Media
| Tagged with 11/26, Aftermath, Attack, Bombay, Citizen Journalism, Event, Facebook, Flickr, Mumbai, Social Media, Terror, Twitter |
