Media seminar on 24/7 Journalism: Issues and Perspectives 

The Department of Journalism, Kamala Nehru College, University of Delhi, is organising a one-day seminar on "24/7 Journalism; Issues and Perspectives" at India International Centre annexe on March 23, 2009. This seminar is an attempt to map and critically analyse media discourse in relation to contemporary issues like terrorism, representation, identity and development.

The possibilities of 24 x 7 television channels are immense. They have radically changed our sensibilities and aesthetics of news. Even when Indian citizenry has been offered the privilege of watching ‘news as it happens’ under the rubric of corporatised media, the whole gamut of issues such as social responsibility, representation, and ownership patterns need to be further debated. This is also the time when media is under criticism for its coverage, but from a statist regime that smacks of regulatory measures like censorship that could lead to curtailing the freedom of speech and expression. Of late, the ghastly media spectacle, created out of Mumbai terror attack for 60 hours by electronic media, has invited flak from different corners. The hysteria created by the media almost led the country virtually to the verge of an imminent War. In this context of cut-throat competition, when media plays to the galleries and TRP ratings, certain questions remain un-answered, but which should be addressed and discussed by media persons, scholars and students alike. 

• Is the role of media as the fourth-pillar of democracy on decline?
• Does the structure of media address the questions of representation and identity seriously?
• Does the corporatisation and commodification of news compromise journalistic ethics?
• The dwindling arena of development reportage.
• Has the new media revolutionized and altered the newscape?
• The much debated subject terrain of government regulation vs media freedom.

This seminar hopes to debate some of the above issues for better understanding of how our society and media are structured. The schedule of the seminar is as follows:

10 am    Keynote address:  Mr.Vinod Mehta, Editor-in-Chief, Outlook.

11.15 am Teabreak

11.30 am 1st session: Media, Representation and Identity

Chair: Mr. Vipul Mudgal (Heads Inclusive media and rural livelihoods project, CSDS)

                Mr.Vinay Tiwari (Executive editor, CNN-IBN)

1.30 pm Lunch break

2 pm  2nd session: Media and Development

Chair: Paranjoy Guha Thakurta (Senior journalist, educator)

                 Mr. S.Anand  (Navayana  Publishing  House)

Convenor:

 Principal

Coordinators

Carmel Christy K.J. (9958500931)

Jyoti Raghavan (9873457968)

Faculty members:

Anubha Yadav

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