ABSTRACT The media in India did not critically examine India’s decision in 1998 to openly go nuclear. Its coverage reflected the general celebratory mood in society at the time. It has not changed its approach in the decades since 1998; the changes in the media since then and the growth of an aggressive nationalism in Indian politics in the intervening decades have put a value on nuclear weapons which the media has uncritically endorsed. An examination of the coverage by the daily The Hindu over a decade (2000–2009) illustrates the imbalance in coverage and comment. On the whole the media failed to provide a forum for public education on nuclear weapons, or for analysis and comment, or to build an agenda against nuclear weapons.

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印度媒体与《 1998-2018年印度核武器政策》：放弃责任

摘要印度的媒体没有严格审查印度在1998年公开开放核武器的决定。它的报道反映了当时社会上普遍的庆祝情绪。自1998年以来的几十年中，它的方法从未改变。自那时以来媒体的变化以及在随后的几十年中印度政治中侵略性民族主义的发展，都对媒体毫不批评地认可的核武器给予了重视。对《印度教》十年（2000-2009年）的每日报道进行的检查表明，报道和评论不平衡。总体而言，媒体未能为公众提供关于核武器的教育，进行分析和评论，或建立反对核武器的议程的论坛。