Journal of Socialomics

Abstract

Democratization Impacts on Perception Expression: A Comparative Study of Pre-1990 and Post-1990 Scenario of Tibetan Refugee Minority in Nepal

Achyut Aryal and Venkatasubramanian

This is a research article on study of democratization impacts on perception expression, a comparative study of pre-1990 and post-1990 scenario of Tibetan refugee minority in Nepal. This study explores the impacts of democratization trend in the underrepresented and historically silent community’s perception expression pattern, here the Tibetan refugee of Nepal. It is clear that democratization has tremendous effects on minority’s perception expression like Tibetan refugee in this study. Through content analysis and survey this research concludes the proportion of news with Tibetan refugee’s expressed perception after restoration of democracy in 1990 is greater than the proportion of news with Tibetan refugees expressed perception before 1990 and the proportion of news without Tibetan refugee’s expressed perception after restoration of democracy in 1990 is greater than the proportion of news without Tibetan refugees expressed perception before 1990. So the conclusion is-democratization of 1990 in Nepal has huge impacts on Tibetan refugee minority’s perception expression.