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Alexis C. MadrigalEven if you avoid the conspiracy theories, tweeting through a global emergency is messy, context-free, and disorientingA few minutes before 11 p.m. on January 20, Eric Feigl-Ding was pretty much just another guy on the internet. Sure, he is a Harvard-affiliated public-health researcher who lives in Washington, D.C., and has multiple degrees, but his Twitter account was nothing special. He had about 2,000 followers—a modest count on a scale that reaches into the millions—and his average tweet got about one retweet and five likes.That all changed when Feigl-Ding read a paper about the new coronavirus spreading out of…

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डॉ0 राजेश कुमार अध्यक्ष, स्कूलऑफ मीडिया एंड कम्युनिकेशन स्टडीज एवं अध्यक्ष, पब्लिकरिलेसन्स कौंसिल ऑफ इंडिया, देहरादून चैप्टर हाल के वर्षों में भारत देश में किशोरों द्वारा इन्टरनेट आधारित सेवाओं के प्रयोग एवं उनपर उपलब्ध सामग्री के उपभोग में अतिशय वृद्धि हुई है. इन्टरनेट एंड मोबाइल एसोसिएशन ऑफ इंडिया एवं निल्सन के मई 2020 में प्रकाशित रिपोर्ट – “डिजिटल इन इंडिया – 2019 राउंड2” के अनुसार भारत में 12 वर्ष की आयु से अधिक उम्र की कुल जनसंख्या का 40 प्रतिशत सक्रिय इन्टरनेट उपभोक्ता हैं और इसमें 31 प्रतिशत इन्टरनेट उपभोक्ता 12-19 आयु वर्ग के हैं. स्पष्ट है कि किशोरों का…

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Prof. Subhash Dhuliya The advent of the internet also marked the beginning of the unprecedented era of the ‘New Media’. This was a symbol of a paradigm shift from traditional media to the new brand of journalism and media. This incredible shift changed the dynamism of information and content consumption. It transformed the way information was shared. It enabled faster movement and easy accessibility of information, cutting across global borders. As technology progressed and people adapted to this progress at a fast pace, a significant transformation was witnessed in the nature and character of the New Media. The New Media…

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ANDREA PRAT The media is different from other industries. Besides providing consumers with services they value as individuals, like entertainment and information, it also supplies a public good that benefits us as a society. In a modern democracy, the media keeps a nation informed about its government. The media helps to inform our votes, providing information that leads us to elect (or not) our governing officials. This is a public good because its use among an entire citizenry benefits each member of that citizenryAt least since Thomas Jefferson, we understand that democracy requires a well-functioning media industry. Reporting keeps citizens…

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MODES OF DOCUMENTARIESWhat is a documentary? Webster’s dictionary defines documentary as “consisting of documents: written down.” Wikipedia defines a documentary as “a nonfictional motion picture intended to document some aspects of reality, primarily for the purposes of instruction or maintaining a historical record.”It also opens into the history of documentaries while referencing Bill Nichols‘classic text Introduction to Documentary, where he outlines the six modes of documentaries. While there’s a lot of variation within, these are the six main categories of the genre in which all documentary films can be cast. Nichols identifies six different documentary ‘modes’ in his schema:PoeticExpositoryObservationalParticipatoryReflexivePerformativeWhile Nichols’…

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नाज़िया नाज़ आज डाटा से महत्तवपूर्ण कुछ भी नहीं है इसके बावजूद हम अपने डाटा को जाने–अनजाने में सोशल प्लेटफार्म पर शेयर करने में बिल्कुल भी नहीं हिचकिचाते.फेसबुक पर हमें प्रत्येक मुद्दे पर पेज और ग्रुप देखने को मिलते हैं. बस एक ‘लाइक’ का बटन दबाते ही फेसबुक हमारे डाटा तक आसानी से पहुंच जाता है. और फिर इसका इस्तेमाल हमारी सोच को प्रभावित करने के लिए इस्तेमाल किया जाता है- हमें तमाम तरह के प्रोडक्ट्स बेचने से लेकर हमारे राजनीतिक रुझान तक को प्रभावित करने के लिए सोशल मीडिया ने आज हमारी जिन्दगी को काफी आसान बना दिया है । आज न…

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BROCHURE-MULTIMEDIA COURSE Newswriters.in is a journalism and media educational website launched by a group of media academicians and professionals in 2012 to create and provide content to media professionals, faculty members, and students with Indian perspectives. As is the demand of the new age, the website is now entering into the field of imparting training. Taking into consideration the transformation of the media landscape, new skills are required to become a media professional. The course is aimed at imparting skills in niche and emerging areas which are imperative for a New Age Media Professional. As mentioned in the syllabus, we…

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