Browse published articles by Dr. N. Bhaskar Rao.
National Media policy a must! DTH at what cost, for whose interests?
The Tribune
THE Minister for Information and Broadcasting announced recently in Parliament that Doordarshan was going ahead with its Direct-to-Home (DTH) service.…
Published on:
06 Sep 2004
IT: The Revolution without a paradigm shift
Hindustan Times
The article is an analysis and review of the book ‘Information Revolution and India’ written by senior bureaucrat, S.S. Gill.…
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26 Aug 2004
Media hype of poll surveys - How much do they empower voters?
South Asia Politics
Pre-poll surveys have good potential to improve the quality of poll campaigns. But have they? And to what extent? A must read.…
Published on:
30 Jun 2004
Democracy is more than casting votes
Liberal International
Dr Rao discusses the new wave of democracy in India, Sri Lanka and Nepal, explaining why democracy is much more than just elections.…
Published on:
05 Jun 2004
Do Poll Surveys Impact the Electoral Process
Vidura (April-June, 2004)
Do poll surveys influence voting choice If poll surveys, both pre-poll and exit poll, have no influence on voters and campaigns, why are so many of them being h…
Published on:
01 Jun 2004
Political Parties and Public Participation: A New Wave of Democracy
Liberal International
Democracy in South Asia is constantly evolving. In 2004, the key trends include a churning of political processes; realignments among political parties; and a r…
Published on:
05 Mar 2004
Media coverage of Elections
Vidura ( Jan-March, 2004)
Dr Rao analyses what more could the media have done in the 2003 elections to state assemblies and how differently could they have covered the poll process and p…
Published on:
01 Mar 2004
A Pro-active Media enriches Parliamentary Democracy
Souvenir
The article explains why the legitimacy of democracy depends on a harmonious rather than adversarial relationship between Parliament and media.…
Published on:
16 Nov 2003
Movement for Telengana and Vidarbha
South Asia Politics
The article presents the highlights of CMS research in Telengana and Vidarbha districts conducted in the wake of renewed ‘separatist’ activities in both the…
Published on:
01 Oct 2003
Feeding regional aspirations
Sahara Time
The article raises the issue of the demand for smaller states and explores the undercurrents that need to be addressed if we expect Indian states to remain inta…
Published on:
21 Sep 2003
Opportunities & Challenges
Vidura ( Jan-March, 2003)
The article discusses the changes and shifts in the structure and paradigm of media and gender differences in readership of newspapers.…
Published on:
01 Mar 2003
One poll, two results, exit credibility
The Asian Age
The article is a response letter to Ms Seema Mustafa’s banner story Pollster sells one poll, two letters to TV channels, which had alleged that the same agenc…
Published on:
18 Feb 2002
Foreign Participation in Media
EPW (Vol. 37, Issue No. 02, Pg. 105)
Public discussion on whether foreign participation should be allowed in media enterprises, has quite overlooked the fact that increasingly, the pace and path of…
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12 Jan 2002