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Contemporary Issues before media in India Dr Niranjana Vanalli Associate Professor DOS in communication and Journalism University of Mysore. Issues discussed about media are Need for Media council
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Contemporary Issues before media in India Dr Niranjana Vanalli Associate Professor DOS in communication and Journalism University of Mysore
Issues discussed about media are • Need for Media council • Paid news and its effect • Eclipse of Editors • Shrinking ethical values • Are they trust worthy?
Need for Media Council • Press Council Chairman Justice MarkandeyaKatju has called for urgent need to form Media Council in place of Press Council of India • Justice Katju has demanded punitive powers to the Council • Katju’s criticism of the journalists has evoked mixed responses • Is he right or wrong?
Paid news concept • Is there anything new? • Is it justified? • Is it ethical? • Why Press Council failed to control the • menace?
Eclipse of Editors • Owners claim to be editor- in -chiefs • Advertisers dictate terms to editors in selection of news • Editors don’t have a say in appointments • Editors are responsible for every thing but without powers
Shrinking Ethical Values Time has come for a concentrated effort to retrieve media as a public space and to expand public interest While media are business , journalism is a calling. - P. Sainath
Indian media are on firm footing in so far as growth is concerned but there are many worrying facts when it comes to ethical issues. N RAM Editor in chief The Hindu.
It is unfortunate that stalwarts of Indian media are exposed in Radia tapes. -KuldeepNayyar People who are in news in Radia tapes are now saying that they contacted her only as a source of news. It is a blatant lie -TJS George
Intimidation by the government When our journalists were busy in writing about the corruption by the government . Tehelka released the names of Kannada journalists who were given G.A sites for throw away price.
Are they trust worthy? • Yes • On the whole the media can still be trusted • If not ,who else can save this country? • With all the deficiencies our press is the best • I am proud of it