List of tables

Preface

Acknowledgments

List of contributors

1 Setting the Scene: Perspectives on Nepali News Media in the 21st Century

BHANU BHAKTA ACHARYA AND SHYAM SHARMA

PART I

Professional Perspectives

2 Media Accountability Mechanism: A Case of Press Council of Nepal

SHREEMAN SHARMA, BHANU BHAKTA ACHARYA, AND SAMIKSHA KOIRALA

3 Employing Professional Standards Through Policy Reformation

LAXMAN HUMAGAIN AND TULASI ACHARYA

4 Diasporic Nepali Online Journalism: A Study of Professionalism and Sustainability

BHAGIRATH YOGI AND JAGAN KARKI

5 How Do Nepali Newsrooms Endure Digital Transformation?

RAMA KRISHNA REGMEE

PART II

Academic Perspectives

6 Framing Diffusion: Nepalese Journalism Education in the 21st Century

BHANU BHAKTA ACHARYA AND SHYAM SHARMA

7 A Critical Overview of Development Communication in Nepal

SUJEENA SHAKYA AND PIUS MISHRA

8 Impact of COVID-19 on Media and Journalism: A Case of Nepal

KUNDAN ARYAL

9 Perspectives of Nepali Youths on the Prevention of Disinformation During COVID-19 and Beyond

KABI ADHIKARI

PART III

Sociopolitical Perspectives

10 Where Are the Women? Representation of Gender in Nepali Newspapers

SAMIKSHA KOIRALA

11 Can State-Owned Media Perform Watchdog Functions? A Case of Nepal

LEKHANATH PANDEY

12 Muckraking Without Tools: Persistence of Investigative

Journalism in Nepal

USHA KIRAN REGMI

13 Experiencing the Sustainability Challenges by Nepal’s Local Radio Stations

SANDESH DASS SHRESTHA

PART IV

Technological Perspectives

14 Hope-Driven to Uncertainty-Driven Innovation: Digital Transitions of Newspapers in Nepal

HARSHA MAN MAHARJAN

15 News Content Sharing on Social Media: A Comparative Study of Nepali and Norwegian Newspapers

BIMALA THAPALIYA

16 Sustainability of Online News Media in Nepal: Financial Models and Prospects

PRABESH SUBEDI

17 Social Media: An Innovative Approach of Agricultural Extension Services in Nepal

RAM HARI TIMILSINA AND PURNA BAHADUR NEPALI

18 Perspectives from the Ground Up

SHYAM SHARMA AND BHANU BHAKTA ACHARYA

Index