Masculinity in the Media
Panel Discussion: Masculinity in the Media
Saturday, 4 September 2021, 14:00-15:30
Moderator: Namita Bhandare
Speakers: Ravish Kumar, Sania Farooqui, Nadika Nadja, Alka Dhupkar.
Masculinity in the Media is a project examining verbal and body language in the news media, both online and offline. There is an atmosphere of competitive intimidation and we often see it inTV news channels and talk shows attempting to get ahead in the race for larger audiences and TRPs. What happens in the newsrooms and studios is often reflected on the streets and even in our homes. This section will analyse and understand the prevalent situation in the media and attempt to devise strategies to address the issue.
Even as the conversation around gender-based violence has acquired some nuance and visibility in both academic and popular media, there is relatively less discussion on the parallel rise of certain aggressive forms of masculinity. This toxic masculinity is sometimes expressed as physically violent pushback, sometimes in language used to talk about women, minority sexualities, religious minorities and marginalised castes. The project will explore the different strands of discursive - and material - masculinity that limit and at times overtake the effort to achieve a more gender-just and equitable society
© Namita Bhandare
Namita Bhandare
With a Masters degree in journalism from Stanford University, award-winning journalist
Namita Bhandare has 30 years of writing and editing experience with such publications as Sunday, India Today and Hindustan Times. Since 2012, she has written exclusively on gender including a 12-part series on women and work for IndiaSpend and an ongoing fortnightly column for Hindustan Times. In 2014, she was appointed India's first gender editor for the publication, Mint, a position she held for three years. She is presently an independent journalist living in New Delhi.
© Ravish Kumar
Ravish Kumar
In a stifled media environment characterised by “fake news”, sensationalism, TRPs, larger than life anchors, and the silenced on the ground reporter,
Ravish Kumar stands out through his insistence on journalistic ethics, sobriety and adherence to fact-based reporting. Using social media to connect with his audience, he travels extensively, researching on and documenting the oft-ignored ordeals of the common Indian – caste atrocities, unemployment, farm distress, crippling education system and sectarianism amongst others.
© Sania Farooqui
Sania Farooqui
Sania Farooqui is a New Delhi based journalist and a filmmaker who recently launched
The Sania Farooqui Show across social media platforms. The first series of the show,
Not Just About The Sharia, is a deep dive into the lives of Muslim women worldwide. The recent second series,
Women for Press Freedom, these are sharp conversations with journalists from around the world. She also writes opinion pieces and reports for IPS News and has worked as a news anchor, reporter, producer and writer for Indian and international media outlets.
© Nadika Nadja
Nadika Nadja
Nadika Nadja is a writer and researcher, with interests in history and archaeology, gender, technology and the internet.
© Alka Dhupkar
Alka Dhupkar
Alka Dhupkar is a multilingual journalist based out of Mumbai, Maharashtra currently working with Times Internet Limited as an assistant editor. As a journalist for the last 17 years Alka previously worked with newspapers in Marathi and English and worked for seven years with a Marathi news channel, travelling across India to cover a range of social issues.
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