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An Assessment of National Broadcasting Act (1993)

1.  Title of the Study: Assessment of National Broadcasting Act (1993) 2.  Background Since its arrival, mass media have become an integral part of human society. Regardless of their cultural and spatial differences, people have always lent their attention to media because of its utility in life. Mass media have been instrumental in informing people about the happening going around. All the forms of media like books, newspaper, magazines, radio, television and internet are known for their potential strengths to inform society. Media has been a solid pillar in democratic world, while been a headache for autocratic rulers in the past. Unlike its South-Asian counterparts, Nepal has a younger history of mass media. The country ruled by autocratic Rana rulers had passed through a dark age of 104 years, completely unaware about the external world. Still, Nepal can boast a slightly more than a century old history of news media, referring to the beginning of publication of...