Harini Calamur's Writings
Media, Media Bias, Propaganda, Media Studies, Media Ownership
This appeared in the FPJ on the 5th of November. And, this column like many others, appears dated in a fortnight – as the hellsite goes through multiple shocks to its system. $44 billion. The price to buy the blue bird, that…
One of my fondest childhood memories was going with dad to his office. He used to work at Nariman Point, and he would take us there – usually on a Saturday – to give mom some me time. This is an era…
Layoffs are a part of life – it doesn’t matter if you are in a Capitalist setup, a communist setup, or some combination of the two. There is a point beyond which it is not feasible to keep employees on the payroll,…
Indian MSM seems to have a propensity towards carrying fake news. It is almost like all their editorial filters are fogged up by social media. I write for FPJ About 10 days ago, there was a sudden flurry of activity on social…
We are prone to fake news. Even the most suspicious and paranoid among us. I write about this in FPJ. Last week, French Scientist Étienne Klein posted a photograph on twitter, that made most gasp in awe and wonder. It was a…
The news business models are broken. What remains are platforms that are trying to create strife to keep people watching. I write in the FPJ on this phenomenon Towards the end of May, on a televised live debate on a leading news…
The Attention Economy is based around monetising our attention and engagement. But, we the user, are getting increasingly distracted. I write for the FPJ on the 28th of April Way back, in the early days of the internet, the technology landscape was…
I mostly shop online. My groceries, my monthly supplies, my clothes, my toiletries, my furniture, my electronics, my impulse buys. It gives me the convenience and choice that physical shopping does not. Like many lakhs of people, I went in to shop…
I write about disinformation that permeates Ukraine Russia war reportage, for the FPJ Among the more tragic, yet uplifting, stories to come out of the Ukraine War, was the one on the soldiers of Snake Island. Carried by major, reputed, Western news…
I wrote this piece on media polarisation and the role that anchors play, and why trust in the media is at an all time low, for the FPJ In the last two years, since the lockdown began, most of us have become…