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Discussion on Misinformation Landscape in Lumbini Province

On January 3, 2023, CMR-Nepal organized a discussion in Butwal, Lumbini Province, to address the issue of misinformation in the region. The event was attended by 54 people, including Province Assembly members, political party representatives, youth, students, farmers, business community, women’s groups, journalists, and social media influencers. The participants shared their personal experiences with misinformation […]

03.01.2023News & Actitivies

Roundtables on ‘Misinformation & Its Impact on Democracy’ held in 7 provinces

CMR-Nepal with support from the International Republican Insitute (IRI) Nepal organized provincial roundtables on ‘Misinformation and Its Impact on Democracy’ in all 7 provinces of Nepal in June 2022. Nepal had held Local Level Elections on May 13, 2022 during which CMR-Nepal monitored the misinformation on social media and media through it’s regular monitoring system […]

08.07.2022News & Actitivies

92% of Nepal’s social media users are exposed to misinformation: CMR-Nepal survey

More than 9 in 10 social media users in Nepal receive misinformation online, the latest survey by the Center for Media Research – Nepal revealed. According to Nepal Social Media Users Survey 2021, 91.8 per cent of the respondents said they have seen misinformation online in last seven days whereas 7.5 per cent said they […]

23.06.2022Report

New book on media in province launched

The Center for Media Research- Nepal launched Pradesh Ma Media (प्रदेशमा मिडिया or Media in Province) in a program organized in Kathmandu on May 2 marking the World Press Freedom Day 2022. The book provides information about the status and situation of media in seven provinces of Nepal. The data book is based on the […]

05.05.2022News & Actitivies

Trishna Acharya to lead CMR-Nepal

The Annual General Meeting of the Center for Media Research Nepal (CMR-Nepal) on October 31, 2021 unanimously elected the new executive committee with Ms. Trishna Acharya as the chairperson. She is the first female chairperson of CMR-Nepal and will lead the organization for the next two years. Ms. Acharya is academic teaching journalism and mass […]

31.10.2021News & Actitivies

Data-Driven Journalism 2020/21 course launches

Twelve training fellows received the first phase of the Data-Driven Journalism 2020/21 training from December 17 to 22, 2020 in Kathmandu. The fellows, selected from among 105 applicants, will continue the course in e-learning before they join the final attendance phase in February 2021. The course is run with support from Interlink Academy, Germany with […]

28.12.2020News & Actitivies

’95 percent Nepali internet users exposed to disinformation’

Most Nepali internet users are exposed to disinformation, a survey by the Center for Media Research – Nepal (CMR-Nepal) revealed. The survey results show that 95.5 percent of internet users receive disinformation, largely through social media sites such as YouTube, Facebook and Twitter. Nepal Twitter Users Survey 2019 was conducted by CMR-Nepal in November 2019 […]

13.09.2020Report