Abstract
In contemporary times, massive industrialization, resultant pollution, and exorbitant population growth including various other myriad reasons have led to drastic climatic changes and a spike in natural disasters. In such situations, media forge a direct link between the public, administration, and emergency services in reportage and information dissemination pertaining to disaster management, preparedness, and response. This research paper aims to explore information about media coverage in the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir in response to 2014 massive floods.
In the aftermath of this disaster, it damaged the region’s infrastructure, snapped electricity, destroyed communication network for months, and ruined business sector worth millions, affecting every section of society in the Kashmir valley in multiple ways. In such a situation, the role played by media in disaster reporting presents an interesting area of study. This study was conducted to analyze the “agenda setting role” of the media with a focus on the leading media narrative at regional, national, and international level to understand the overall media portrayal. The analysis was drawn using content analysis and bring to the fore, social and political realities. The findings reveal important implications for the understanding of media and political narrative in the backdrop of the long-standing Kashmir discourse and the role of media.
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Mufti, S., Hashim, I. (2022). Media and Disaster Reporting: An Analysis of Kashmir Floods 2014. In: Singh, A. (eds) International Handbook of Disaster Research. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-8800-3_96-1
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