RTI Cell‚ ATI‚ Kohima. Right to Information Act and the Role of Media. Information is regarded as the oxygen of democracy. It invigorates where it percolates. If people do not know what is happening in their society‚ if the actions of those who rule them are hidden‚ then they cannot take a meaningful part in the affairs of the society. Freedom of expression‚ free dissemination of ideas and access to information are vital to the functioning of a democratic government. Information is crucial for a
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MEDIA AND POLITICS We all agree that a well-informed public leads to a more open‚ just and civic-minded society. Yet today it seems every major and minor news network has a Sunday talk show or weekly roundtable dedicated to "educating" the American public about politics. In addition‚ with the growth of the Internet‚ thousands of Web sites exist with information on politics and government. The irony is that while the quantity of places we can go for political information continues to increase
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Running head: SEXISM IN THE MEDIA 1 Sexism in the Media Ada Anderson Chamberlain College of Nursing/DeVry SOCS 185N: Sociology Feb‚ 24‚ 2013 SEXISM IN THE MEDIA 2 Television and commercial advertising have been a dominating force for over sixty years‚ and people learn to specialize and are trained to create ads that entertain and provoke the viewer into buying certain products. The main purposes of commercials are to stand out from competitors‚ and to sell
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TITLE: MEDIA AND RADIA Last year’s biggest controversy in the Manmohan Singh Government was that of Nira Radia’s controversial tapes. The 2G scam highlighted the involvement of big corporate like the Ambani and the Tata group. The tapping of Nira Radia’s phones by Income Tax department tappe Radia’s phone lines for 300 days in 2008-09‚ as part of its investigations into alleged large scale money laundering‚ tax evasion and financial malpractices by Nira Radia may be taken as invasion of privacy
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ndia’s Media and Entertainment: Introduction The Media and Entertainment (M&E) industry is one of the fastest growing sectors in India. The industry primarily involves the creation‚ aggregation and distribution of content‚ products and services‚ news and information‚ advertising and entertainment through various channels and platforms such as Television‚ Print‚ Radio‚ and Films. Poised to grow at a compounded rate of 14 per cent to touch US$ 28 billion by 2015‚ the sector registered a growth
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Mass Media All the different tools that are used to assist the distribution and circulation of information and entertainment to the public come under the umbrella of mass media. Radio‚ television‚ newspapers‚ and theatre are all considered as ‘mass media’. These tools involve exchange of opinions‚ and public involvement. Today the list of mass media also embraces pagers‚ satellites‚ electronic mail‚ internet‚ cell phones‚ and computers. These new additions are basically interactive; working more
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It’s hard to imagine that only a mere 10 years ago‚ Facebook‚ Twitter‚ Wikipedia‚ MySpace or basically any other social media platform you can think of even existed. Since the creation of these social networking devices‚ there has been a tremendous change in the world. News and information has become more available than ever‚ political landscapes have been re-shaped‚ privacy has become a thing of the past‚ and all these changes are happening at a rapid rate. These changes can have both positive as
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Social media has become a major influence on not only the recent generation‚ but others as well. Its use has become a normal routine in the lives millions of people. Social media has many positive things about it‚ but with every positive thing there are also many negatives. When social media was first developed‚ there was no intention of it having such a large negative impact on lives‚ families and communities. Over the years‚ people have taken advantage of social media and the opportunities it presents
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The mass media have a major influence on our lifestyle Over the last 500 years‚ the influence of mass media has grown exponentially with the advance of technology. First there were books‚ then newspapers‚ films‚ radio‚ television‚ Internet‚ and now social media. In my opinion‚ nowadays the mass media play a very important role in our modern life. First of all‚ the mass media affects people’s attitude about fashion. People spend a lot of money and wear the latest collections of clothes‚ because
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Detecting Media Bias Jeffrey E. Ferreiras University of Phoenix Critical and Creative Thinking 16 December 2012 Aimee Nichols When reading the media one must always consider that media may be bias‚ people may have incentives or hidden agendas and the facts may be conflicting. In order to properly evaluate and decide what information makes sense and what seems like a lie the audience should practice critical reading. A critical reader is able to separate fact from interpretation; to
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