For centuries, democracy and development have steered the
imagination of governments, citizens, intelligentsia and
policymakers alike. Democracy without free media is a
contradiction, while development without democracy is futile.
Highlighting the power and significance of contemporary media, this
book deconstructs news and news-making on Indian television. In
exploring the concepts of 'sense-making' and 'meaning-generation',
it examines how news and the dissemination of information and
opinion influence the public sphere, participatory democracy,
citizenship and civil society. Providing an original interpretation
of the paradigmatic shifts in news content and newsroom practices,
this book focuses on changing ownership patterns, increasing
'entertainmentalization' of news and the resultant 'developmental
reportage deficit'. At the same time, it confronts the uneasy and
critical consequences of commercialization and rising
sensationalism in news media. Finally, it discusses the role of
Public Service Broadcasting, journalistic ethics, objectivity, and
the politics of language and ideology in the media today, pointing
to the need for greater diversity of content on the one hand and an
emphasis on public interest in media policy-making, on the other.
Drawing upon comprehensive empirical data, the
democracy-media-development relationship is demonstrated through
critical analyses of the media's coverage of recent news events.
This includes exhaustive content examination of news programmes on
all major news channels of India, surveys with media experts and
news professionals by way of questionnaires, and interviews with
the audience to gauge the impact of media content on their
understanding of social, political and economic issues. This volume
will be especially useful to those in journalism, media and
communication studies, as also to students of political science,
sociology and economics.
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