Tale-Tell: What Does Hyperlink Tell Us About Nepali Online Journalism?
By Harsha Man Maharjan The use of hyperlinks in news media in Nepal is rare — used by few media organizations — and this tells us many tales of Nepali Journalism. This negligence is quite contrary to the concern raised by scholars in journalism and media studies that hyperlink is one of important characteristics of online journalism. While ruminating on the making of digital transitions of Nepali newspapers for few years, I became interested in these questions: Why do Nepali online media ignore hyperlink often? What does this tell us about Nepali journalism? The concern broached on social media that while picking up big or exclusive stories from others news media, media companies need to give credit to the original media, encouraged me to think on it more. For some hyperlink might appear to be a technical aspect or just a new add- on in print or a line under a word or words. However, hyperlinks are main feature of online media as this can differentiate on...