Being from a media background, I had thought I understood what makes for good communication: knowledge of the online platform, a fair understanding of what I'm trying to communicate and an audience I'm trying to communicate with, right?
Wrong. There was a lot at play that I only became aware of when I expressed my views on a social issue that impacted me personally too.
There was instant backlash and multiple narratives to nullify what I was saying; you're not old enough to understand the complexity of issues, leave this to those in-charge, as a woman you already have more access and privilege than other women, and the list is long.
That was a poignant point of realisation for me of how among everything else, being a young individual with an independent voice makes it difficult to be heard and taken seriously, along with the onus being put on us to be polished experts on topics that we're engaging with.
This was the conflict that we decided to work with when I was invited as a youth champion for by The VartaLeap Coalition's GenNationBuilding – a वार्तालाप on Youth Duties and Rights. GenNationBuilding is an intergenerational dialogue space around various thematics such Media, Politics, Sexualities, Education and so on.
post truth era mein, media kitne kaam ka hai
very important question sanjivani
From med john to Everyone: 06:02 PM
Issues raised by Film "social dilemma" that even as producers in social media, we are being polarised.. and we can see this in the mdia ethic even on main stream channels.
There is also the issue of individualisation of communication..
From Piyush Ghosh MED to Everyone: 06:03 PM
What can mainstream media institutions do to make more space for young people’s voices?
From med john to Everyone: 06:08 PM
We as young people have social media in our hands.. but we are essentially victims of the likes and troll culture
there is a structural problem with media reproduction.. the propaganda and power model.. which we are also trying to emulate.
From med john to Everyone: 06:15 PM
Almost all reporters in mainstream TV are youth.
but they toe the line of the editors.
From MED - Shah Jalpa to Everyone: 06:16 PM
media should analysis the problem very well
From Astha Agarwal_REL to Everyone: 06:27 PM
Translation: Our conversatons on media is generally limited to urban youth with access to social media. It is important to include non social media and rural youth. We can critique mainstream media, but we need it too....so we need to contribute to changing it...and not just dismissing it.