A History of the State-Media Link in Kashmir

A History of the State-Media Link in Kashmir

Kashmir

Media

Borderland

State

Censorship

Hegemony

Conflict

For decades, the media has been a powerful agency in presenting Kashmir and shaping views in the national and the international imaginations. Recognising the complex multiplexity of the influences on the media that report on Kashmir, this work is an endeavour to examine the history of the media’s relationship with the state through Archival Research. Documents accessed from Srinagar’s Civil Secretariat’s media section of the archives unravel the state’s attempts to establish a relationship with the media in the militarised region since the early 1950s. This research sheds light on the nature of the association between the media and the state, as this understanding is crucial in understanding any conflict region. Hence, it becomes necessary to uncover the trajectory of power, as well as the nuances of histo-political nature of the liaison between the two entities that have contoured the narrative on this region of conflict.

Boga, Dilnaz

Artha Journal of Social Sciences; Vol. 19 No. 3 (2020): Artha Journal of Social Sciences; 37-60

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Centre for Publications, CHRIST (Deemed to be University), Bangalore

2020-12-10

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