1. Encroachers and victims: Framing of community dynamics by small-town journalists in Dharamshala, India.
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Bhaskaran, Harikrishnan, Sharma, Sandeep, Nair, Pradeep, and Mishra, Harsh
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CITIZEN journalism , *JOURNALISTS , *COMMUNITIES , *VICTIMS - Abstract
Dharamshala is home to the Tibetan Government-in-Exile. Its small-town journalism landscape is unique due to specific forms of community journalism practice adopted by Indian and Tibetan journalists. The Tibetan press there faces a paradox: simultaneously "local and community specific" for Tibetans-in-exile, "refugee voices" for the international community, and "foreign journalism" for Indians. This framing study identified interpretive packages in news coverage of conflict and integration between Dharamshala communities, by examining stories from community news outlets. Indian Hindi journalists enact a "community booster" role by actively framing issues of conflict in favor of the community, while Tibetan journalists' approach was comparatively more balanced. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2020
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