FARMER’S PROTEST

IN INDIA AND MEDIA

ATTENTION

Iqra Anwar
23020453
CONTEXT
India's GDP share of agriculture declined
to 15% in 2022-23 from 35% in 1990-91

The frequency of farmer suicides in

Punjab has jumped since 2015 (Figure 1).
From nearly 70 suicides a year between
2000 and 2014, the number increased by
nearly four times to 263 a year after 2015
(peaking at 323 in 2018). FARMER AND FARM LABOURER
SUICIDES IN PUNJAB, 1995 TO 2020
 Agricultural
Farmers’ Produce Trade and
Commerce (Promotion and
Facilitation) Act, 2020:
Reforms

Essential Commodities
(Amendment) Act, 2020:

Farmers (Empowerment and

Protection) Agreement on
Price Assurance and Farm
Services Act, 2020:
Prelimenary Argument
Media doesn't report positively
when interest groups engage
in disruptive activities
regardless of their political
ideology, but there are some
exceptions to that, particularly
pertaining to the hegemonic
political ideology and
economic and political interest
groups of the media
themselves.
CENTRAL QUESTION:

Analysing coverage of the

farmers protest using Trevor
Thralls:The myth of the outside
strategy :Mass media news
coverage of interest groups.
 Trevor Thrall’s frame-work isn’t
constrained:

Spatially
Temporally
Ideologically

Why use this

frame-work?
Research Methods:

Secondary research: Through

academic articles and through
analysing media coverage of the
farmers protest in Indian media,
International news and on the social
media platforms.

Primary research: Through

conducting interviews of participants,
journalists and academics.
Challenges and Future
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POSTS ON SOCIAL MEDIA
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ABOUT BLACK LIVES
MATTER HAVE BEEN MADE
SINCE 02/25
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 The Challenges
of Street Activism
Criticism Risk
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ACTIVISM
in the streets is the
symphony of the silenced
How street
activism influences
policy decisions

01 Advocacy & Lobbying

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02 Culture Change
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03
Harnessing Power
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 Conclusion:
The Power of Street
Activism
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