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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have broken all the limits media must follow while serving to build a healthy and progressive society. They have no respect for the sentiments and ethics of the people and land whom they serve to‚ with their immense power to influence the massses they just make judgment like a true dictator rather than a good advice of a true friend as they previously used to do. If it will be going in the future then we people have to think about the role of media in our life. The media plays a very important role
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Commercialization of Indian media The media industry across the globe has witnessed spectacular changes in the recent years. There has been a considerable change in the perception of media in the olden times‚ as revolutionary instruments and powerful political players. Today‚ the media is perceived more as businesses with a motto of `remaining profitable’. The growing competition along with the trend of confinement of media ownership to a few major transnational conglomerates has further intensified
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Free Media in Pakistan Communication has always been a special part of a society. It always played a part of spreading information. In early times when people were unable to communicate they used to raise some specific sounds which had some meanings in them. Then people communicate and felt the need of spreading the information and happenings from place to place. For this respect the first evolutionary source introduced was “Newspaper”. People used to publish such news which they wanted to share
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Studying media is important for several reasons‚ especially today when we have the ability to look back and see how far ideas and technologies have come and where they are headed. As Annabelle Sreberny-Mohammadi suggests in her article‚ "Forms of Media as Ways of Knowing"‚ examining history and how media are utilized and changing in the past and in the present can help us see how far we have come. It allows us to appreciate the forms of media we have today and how it is being shaped and controlled
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A look at the world media landscape for children and youth immediately presents two opposing themes: opportunities and risks. For example‚ globalization of media brings opportunities to broaden children’s outlooks and provide more equal access to information‚ but it also threatens cultural identification and values. Technological advances bring the promise of new skills and greater youth participation in society‚ but also increase the risk of child exploitation and informational divides. There
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THE “MEDIA” EFFECT Our society today is littered with crime‚ whether it is violent street crime or white-collar crime. There are crimes committed everyday. Some crimes go unnoticed while others do not. Those criminals that are caught will be subject to the consequences of our justice system. Along with this justice comes media attention. Media attention would be any coverage or reports on a certain crime. This can range from newspaper articles to the local news channel doing an extensive investigation
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The emergence of new media has had a tremendous impact on the way we communicate What we used to consider as new media has today evolved into what we call social media Websites such as Facebook and Twitter‚ as well as text messaging and Skype‚ have enabled people to connect from distant locations at a speed unimaginable to generations passed These innovations in social communication are fundamentally changing the way businesses and governments operate‚ but they are also impacting our personal lives
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ROLE OF THE MEDIA IN DEEPENING DEMOCRACY SHEILA S. CORONEL EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Since the 17th century‚ the role of the press as Fourth Estate and as a forum for public discussion and debate has been recognized. Today‚ despite the mass media’s propensity for sleaze‚ sensationalism and superficiality‚ the notion of the media as watchdog‚ as guardian of the public interest‚ and as a conduit between governors and the governed remains deeply ingrained. The reality‚ however‚ is that the media in new and
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Mass media denotes a section of the media specifically designed to reach a very large audience such as the population of a nation state. The term was coined in the 1920s with the advent of nationwide radio networks‚ mass-circulation newspapers and magazines. However‚ some forms of mass media such as books and manuscripts had already been in use centuries. The term public media has a similar meaning: it is the sum of the public mass distributors of news and entertainment across media such as newspapers
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