GLOBAL MEDIA JOURNAL—Indian Edition
Sponsored by the University of Calcutta
ISSN 2249 – 5835

SUMMER & WINTER ISSUE

Summer & Winter Joint Issue/June- December 2015

Volume: 6 / Number: 1 & 2

Guest Editor
Charvak
Associate Professor, Assam University
Email : mrcharvak@gmail.com

Theme : Media and Northeast India

Contents

EDITORIAL

Articles

1. SOCIAL COMMUNICATION AND TRADITIONAL FOLK MEDIA OF THE ZEME NAGA SOCIETY – by Raghavendra Mishra & K. Newme
2. PRINT MEDIA COMES TO NORTH EAST INDIA – by Charvak
3. A REFLECTION ON THE EMERGENCE OF PRINT AND ELECTRONIC MEDIA IN MIZORAM – by C. Lalmuansangkimi
4. FROM FRACTURES TO FRAMES: CONFLICT REPORTING IN NEWSPAPERS OF ASSAM – by JoyaChakraborty, Anjuman Borah & MuktikamHazarika
5. MEDIA AND STEREOTYPES ON ETHNICITY: A STUDY OF FRAMING CHAKMA MIGRATION IN TRIPURA – by Debraj Deb & Charvak
6. MILITANCY AND COMBAT:THE AFSPA AND MEDIA COVERAGE – by Sujata Mukhopadhyay
7. ENGENDERING MEDIA PARTICIPATION: THE CASE OF WOMEN JOURNALISTS IN ASSAM – by JoyaChakraborty, MuktikamHazarika & ArunimaGoswami
8. OPPORTUNITIES OF SOCIAL MEDIA FOR DEVELOPMENT COMMUNICATION IN NORTH - EAST INDIA – by Dipanwita Roy
9. SOCIETY THROUGH THE LENSES: VISUAL REPRESENTATIONS OF THE KALAI TRIBE FROM TRIPURA, NORTHEAST INDIA – by Sunil Kalai
10. ONLINE BEFRIENDING ON FACEBOOK AND SOCIAL CAPITAL : A SOCIO -PSYCHOLOGICAL STUDY ON UNIVERSITY STUDENTS OF ASSAM – by Ayesha Tahera Rashid
11. PRESENTATION OF SELF AMONG SOCIAL MEDIA USERS IN ASSAM : APPROPRIATING GOFFMAN TO FACEBOOK USERS’ ENGAGEMENT WITH ONLINE COMMUNITIES – by S.M.AlfaridHussain

Students' Research

1. INTERROGATING BANALITY: THE ROLE OF MEDIA IN PEACE PROCESSES OF NAGALAND – by Sayantani Roy and Tanmoy Das
2. A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF 24X7 NATIONAL NEWS CHANNEL AND BENGALI NEWS CHANNEL: COVERAGE ON NORTH-EAST INDIA – by Priyam Basu Thakur & Sangita De
3. ‘DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY' AND ANTHROPOLOGICAL DOCUMENTATION IN THE CONTEXT OFNORTHEAST INDIA – by Piyashi Dutta

Commentaries

1. REPORTING THE CONFLICT : INDIA'S NORTHEAST – by Subir Bhaumik
2. SUB-REGIONAL NATIONALISM IN ASSAM PRINT MEDIA – by Joydeep Biswas
3. MEDIA & NORTH-EAST: ALIENATION OF SEVEN SISTERS – by Satraajit Palchoudhury

Book Reviews

1. STRANGERS OF THE MIST : TALES OF WAR AND PEACE FROM INDIA'S NORTHEAST – by Rajeev Bhattacharyya
2. RENDEZVOUS WITH REBELS : JOURNEY TO MEET INDIA'S MOST WANTED MEN – by Michael Mushahary
   

Documents

1. RECORDING HISTORY : ‘A SHORT ACCOUNT OF THE RISE AND PROGRESS OF JOURNALISM IN THE ASSAM VALLEY’, 1897