Harini Calamur's Writings
Media, Media Bias, Propaganda, Media Studies, Media Ownership
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…
A decade ago ago – i had blogged the bulk of this post. written on her birtdhay it was my listing of her favourites. Today, as i hear news of her passing on, i just look at the treasure trove of work…
this appeared in the FPJ on the 13th of December Last week, Maria Ressa, from Phillipines, and Dmitry Muratov, from Russia, accepted the Nobel Prize for Peace. The Nobel committee said “for their efforts to safeguard freedom of expression, which is a…
Facebook’s control on data is worrying, and it is time regulators began talking of breaking up the conglomerate. I write for FPJ on the 17th of October. Facebook owned Instagram lures in teenagers, plays with their mind, and leads them down a…
This appeared in the FPJ on the 9th of August 2021 The role of social media in spreading vaccine hesitancy cannot be understated. Scholars and experts blame social platforms for increasing anxiety, sleep disorders, and vaccine hesitancy. And, despite multiple outbreaks, these…
This piece on Big Tech and censorship appeared in the FPJ on the 7th of June 2021 On the 1st of June this year, Nigerian President Mohammadu Buhari made his government’s equivalent of “goli maaro saalon ko” tweet. Sending out a stern…
This appeared in the FPJ on April 19th 2001 A scan of the news channels, a glance at an Indian timeline on Twitter, a glimpse at the newspaper, will confirm just one thing. COVID is back, and this time it is worse…
This appeared in the FPJ on the 15th of March, 2021 Last Fortnight, the Freedom Report, by the US think tank Freedom House, downgraded India’s rankings to “Partly Free”. The Swedish V-Dem Institute, released its report a week later and downgraded India…