India-Nepal Border Dispute, Media and Securitization in Nepal: A Critical Discourse Analysis

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Author(s): Sudeep Uprety (Nepal Institute of Research and Communications (NIRC), Nepal)
Copyright: 2023
Pages: 14
Source title: Maintaining International Relations Through Digital Public Diplomacy Policies and Discourses
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Türker Elitaş (Hatay Mustafa Kemal University, Turkey)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-6684-5822-8.ch007

Keywords: Electronic Government / General Law / Government & Law / Information Science Reference

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Though the role of media in national security matters has been generally understood in academic and public spheres, limited studies have been conducted and published, especially in the context of Nepal. Most studies have been confined to the civil-military relations, post-conflict transformation and media advocacy, international diplomacy, among others. The discourses carried through and by the media has been given limited attention in both academic and professional circles. Conducting critical discourse analysis of the media coverage and documenting perspectives of the national security and international relations scholars as well as media researchers and practitioners, this chapter attempts to understand the inter-relationship between the media and security sector in Nepal through the securitization theory. Examining the patterns of the Lipulekh border dispute, the chapter explores the process of securitization through the ‘speech act' and how it is shaping and has shaped public perceptions regarding national security and nationalism.

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