Full Description
The Indian media is witnessing an explosive situation with newspaper and magazine circulations increasing in great numbers and television news channels—in both English and regional languages—going up by the day. Internet news portals, too, are recording a good number of hits.
Journalism, then, holds tremendous promise for both seasoned and budding journalists. However, behind every promise, there lurk dangers and temptations, which must be scrupulously avoided if the basic values of the profession are to be safeguarded. Otherwise, the relentless spotlight of criticism will turn on journalism and its practitioners.
21st Century Journalism in India is a path-breaking book that looks at the practices and theories of journalism in the 21st century. This collection of writings by practising journalists is perhaps unique in that they have turned the spotlight on their own profession.
The volume is thematically divided into four sections:
- REPRESENTING THE UNREPRESENTED deals with media representation (or lack of it) of largely ignored sections of society, such as homosexuals, Dalits and other minorities or weaker groups.
- THE PLURALITY OF PRACTICE studies the coverage of vital areas such as economics, legal issues, science, arts and culture, and humour.
- MEDIA IN PERSPECTIVE looks at different kinds of journalistic practices, including photojournalism
- FUTURE TRENDS discusses newer forms of journalism, like blogging and citizen journalism.
Contents
Introduction
PART I: REPRESENTING THE UNREPRESENTED
The Gender Factor - Ammu Joseph
The Problem with Media Reportage of Queer Lives - Siddharth Narrain
At Least Some Children get 'Mosambi' Some of the Time - Sandhya Rao
The Unwritten Writing: Dalits and the Media - D. Ravikumar
Dalit Murasu: Surviving a Difficult Decade - V. Geetha
'What is the Spanish Word for Appeasement?' - Subarno Chattarji
Prophetic Misreading - Anjali Kamat
PART II: THE PLURALITY OF PRACTICE
Economics through Journalism - V.K. Natraj
Media Freedom and the Right to Privacy - Geeta Ramaseshan
Exposing the Media Spiel on Rural Women - K. Kalpana
Writing Science: Breaking the Language Barrier - Vijaya Swaminath
The Arts Beat! Feel the Heat! - Aditi De
Writing on Art - Geeta Doctor
Pun Job, Sind, Gujarat, Maratha: Humour in Indian Journalism - Baradwaj Rangan
PART III: MEDIA IN PERSPECTIVE
The Information Revolution and the Emerging Media Ecology - Sashi Kumar
In your Face! Teaching Broadcast Journalism - Amanda Harper
My Days at Sun - A.S. Panneerselvan
Prescribed Truth, Licensed Freedom: The Press in post-Mahathir Malaysia - Mustafa K. Anuar
When the News Desk makes the News - Subhashini Dinesh
Covering Photojournalism - Desikan Krishnan
The Relevance of the Metro Section - Shonali Muthalaly
PART IV: FUTURE TRENDS
Journalism: The Practice and the Potential - Subramaniam Vincent and Ashwin Mahesh
Citizen Journalism and the New Media - Ethirajan Anbarasan
Online Journalism in India: 2000 to 2005 and Beyond - Sunil Saxena
Caught in the Net - Frederick Noronha
Blogging: A New Paradigm in Journalism - Subhash Rai
Tell Me a Story: Writing and Teaching Narrative - Robin Reisig
India: A Billion Testimonies Now - Robert Brown
