The Center for Media Research Nepal and the Journalism Academy organized a program on Friday to launch the book ”Journalism in the Digital Age, Misinformation and Fact-Checking” as well as the Digital Landscape.
What you should know
Three books on journalism, disinformation, and fact-checking in the digital age have been released.
The Center for Media Research Nepal and the Journalism Academy organized a program on Friday to launch the book Journalism, Misinformation and Fact-Checking in the Digital Age, as well as the Digital Scenario.
The book Journalism in the Digital Age is written by German journalists Stefan Moll and Tanjiv Schulz. Written in German, the book has been translated and edited into Nepali by Laxman Shrestha, Tilak Pathak and Ujjwal Acharya.
The book discusses media and journalism in the era of digitalization, journalistic styles, editorial management, editorial responsibility, quality of journalism, and other aspects in a multi-dimensional manner.
The book on misinformation and fact-checking written by Ujjwal Acharya and Umesh Shrestha includes topics such as misinformation, countering misinformation, fact-checking processes, and media literacy.
The book Digital Perspectives is written by journalist and Tribhuvan University Associate Professor Rishikesh Dahal. This book examines issues including journalism in paradigm shifts, the value of online news, digital media and journalism, the journey of editors on YouTube, and copyright in news.
At the program, Federation of Nepali Journalists President Nirmala Sharma mentioned the impact of misinformation on journalism and social media and said that it is necessary to be aware of possible misinformation in elections.
Senior journalist Pratik Pradhan expressed the view that technology, social media, and citizen journalism have added challenges to journalism and that journalism should be able to instill trust.
Journalism author Stefan Mol said that in the digital age, advertising is becoming more focused on internet-based media and that journalists have to fight against misinformation, which has added challenges to journalism.
Center for Media Research Nepal President Navin Khatiwada said that it is necessary to minimize misinformation and establish truth during elections in Nepal.
