Author: Nalini Rajan
Translator(s)/ Edito: Nalini Rajan
Publisher: Sage Publications
Year: 2007
Language: English
Pages: 324
ISBN/UPC (if available): 0-7619-3562-2
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 new portal, 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.
This is a path-breaking book that looks at the practices and theories of journalism in the 21st century. This collection of writings by practicing 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 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 humor
Media in Perspective looks at different kinds of journalists practices, including photojournalism
Future Trends discusses newer forms of journalism, like blogging and citizen journalism.
This book is essential reading for informed/interested general reader.
Contents
Acknowledgements
Introduction – Nalini Rajan
PART I: REPRESENTING THE UNREPRESENTED
The Gender Factor
Ammu Joseph
The Problem with Media Reportage of Queer Lives
Siddharh Narrain
At Least some Children get ‘Mosambi’
Some of the Time
Sandhya Rao
The Unwritten Writing: Dalits and the Media
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 rmaaseshan
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 TV
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 Potential
Subramaniam 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
Robbing Reisig
India: A Billion Testimonies Now
Robert Brown
About the Editor and Contributors