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Perception and the truth—————————————————————————-The parable of the Blind Men and an Elephant: A group of blind men heard that a strange animal, called an elephant, had been brought to the town, but none of them were aware of its shape and form. Out of curiosity, they said: “We must inspect and know it by touch, of which we are capable”. So, they sought it out, and when they found it they groped about it. In the case of the first person, whose hand landed on the trunk, said “This being is like a thick snake”. For another one whose hand…

The architecture of the modern web poses grave threats to humanity. It’s not too late to save ourselves.By Adrienne LaFranceThe doomsday machine was never supposed to exist. It was meant to be a thought experiment that went like this: Imagine a device built with the sole purpose of destroying all human life. Now suppose that machine is buried deep underground, but connected to a computer, which is in turn hooked up to sensors in cities and towns across the United States.The sensors are designed to sniff out signs of the impending apocalypse—not to prevent the end of the world, but…

What is Documentary(Click the above link)By S. ChakrapaniThe documentary is to document with evidence something that has actually happened by using actuality footage or reconstructions. The documentary is  the creative treatment of actuality as it prevailsThe term documentary was coined by filmmaker John Grierson in 1926 to describe a film made about life on a South Sea Island. He defined documentary as the creative treatment of actuality (reality)Main Film GenresAction FilmsBiographical Films (or “Biopics”)Animated FilmsDrama FilmsDisaster FilmsCult FilmsEpics/Historical FilmsFantasy FilmsDocumentary FilmsHorror FilmsSerial FilmsArtistic Interpretation of RealityThe conflict between representing reality and the artistic interpretation of that reality is at the…

CASE STUDY- COVERAGE OF RBI CREDIT POLICYClick above linkBy Amit DattaSenior Editor Zee Business

Dr Richard FletcherDiversity is now a key priority for many newsrooms across the world. Although improving diversity has been a decades-long process for some news organisations, political shocks like the election of Donald Trump in the US and Brexit in the UK prompted some to ask whether newsrooms primarily staffed by relatively wealthy, urban, liberal-minded journalists could ever really understand people who think, vote, and live differently to them. More recently, the #MeToo movement has raised questions about journalism’s ability to report on women fairly, and although deeply concerning to many for some time, the Black Lives Matter protests –…

How do people view media they come across in everyday life, and what can that tell us about why they do (and do not) trust the news they encounter? In early 2021, the Reuters Institute held a series of focus group discussions and interviews with cross-sections of people on four continents to learn more about the way people think about these matters. They told us about what they liked, what they disliked, and, most importantly, what they found trustworthy and untrustworthy about news, and why.This report summarises several of the insights we took away from these conversations. What we learnt…

Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism has issued a report which is based on a survey of 132 senior industry leaders from 42 countries as well as a series of in-depth interviews, makes clear that ‘hybrid working’ will soon be the norm for the vast majority of journalists in many news organisations – with some people in the office and others working remotely – and that the industry is still struggling with attracting talent and addressing lack of diversity.Full Report: https://reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/changing-newsrooms-2021-hybrid-working-and-improving-diversity-remain-twin-challenges-publishers

टेलीविजन समाचार चैनलों में अगर न्‍यूज़ डेस्‍क को धुरी मानकर चलते हैं, तो सवाल उठता है कि इस धुरी के इर्द-गिर्द लगा खबरों का अंबार आखिर कहां से आता है ? या फिर आखिर वे कौन से स्रोत हैं, जिनके जरिए खबरें न्‍यूज़ डेस्‍क तक पहुंचती हैं ? आजकल हर समाचार चैनल में एसाइनमेंट डेस्‍क की व्‍यवस्‍था है, जो खबरों को न्‍यूज़ डेस्‍क और इससे जुड़े अन्‍य डेस्‍क तक पहुंचाने का काम करती है। यानी एसाइनमेंट डेस्‍क को खबरों की पाइपलाइन कहें तो गलत नहीं होगा। एसाइनमेंट डेस्‍क के कारिंदों की टीम खबरों, उनसे जुड़े वीडियो, तस्‍वीरों, ऑडियो, लि‍खित सामग्री…

आलोक मेहताअखबार में वैचारिक स्वतंत्रता और विविधता के लिए राजेंद्र माथुर  ने अपनी सम्पादकीय टीम में कट्टर हिंदुत्ववादी, समाजवादी, कांग्रेसी,कम्युनिस्ट विचारों वाले सहायक सम्पादक रखे। प्रमुख सम्पादकीय स्वयं माथुर साहब ही लिखते अथवा उनके विचार और निर्णय पर आधारित होता। लेकिन सम्पादकीय पृष्ठ पर सहयोगी अथवा भिन्न राय रखने वाले लेखकों, पत्रकारों को प्रोत्साहित किया जाता। लखनऊ, जयपुर, पटना, मुंबई के सम्पादकों को भी लिखने की पूरी छूट देते रहे। समाचारों में तथ्य और प्रमाणों पर देश के राष्ट्रपति प्रधान मंत्री से भी जुडी खबरें सारे खतरे मोल लेकर छपने देते थे। इतना साहस मैंने अपने पचास वर्ष की पत्रकारिता…

From evidence to re-enactment: History, television and documentary filmA compilation by Prof. Subhash DhuliyaBased on the article in Journal of Media Practice • June 2015By JoukoAaltonen&JukkaKortti, inputs incorporated from other sourcesThere has been a significant increase in the number of history programmes and documentary films about history shown on television since the 1990s. This is due to technological and institutional changes in international television but also to the wider commodification of history.The new technological means and approaches have also provided new opportunities for filmmakers in the field of history documentaries. In this article, we are interested in the role of…