Category: Journalism

  • Invisible Stories: Disability, Representation, and the Limits of Journalism in South Asia

    Whose stories get told – and whose remain invisible? In South Asia, the media plays a powerful role in shaping public understanding of social realities. From television news to digital platforms, journalism does not merely reflect the world; it actively constructs it (Hall, 1997). Through selection, framing, and repetition, media narratives influence how viewers comprehend…

  • Communication Theories in Media- Gatekeeping, Interactionalim, Political Economy

    Evolution in any industry is inevitable, and so it has happened in the media. Forms of communication through which the audience consumes their news has been changing rapidly, but there has been a constant framework of theories outlining the process by which information reaches the masses. This framework consists of certain communication theories that help…

  • Indian Media in Service of Capitalism: A Marxist Analysis

    Abstract Popular Marxist ideas plague social theorists in various ways and forms. It is thus not surprising that most of them also seep into the study of mass media and communication through a broad-gauged, anti-capitalist lens. In this essay, I focus exclusively on Indian media and how it acts as a tool that largely sustains…

  •  What makes a Professional Identity of a Journalist

    There are several views and debates explaining the meaning of the word journalist and its role in society. A journalist could have many professional identities (Surgue,1997). Traditionally, a journalist’s job is to present the facts, diverse views, interpretation of facts as objectively as possible in the form of news. Lucy Dalglish, head of the Reporters…

  • Theories of Mass Media: Gatekeeping, Agenda-setting, Framing, and Priming Theory

    Mass media is widely used these days, this article starts with an introduction to mass media and its characteristics. Further, it explains the four different theories used in mass media, namely gatekeeping, agenda-setting, framing, and the priming theory. Adding up to this, the levels and factors are also discussed. A brief into Mass Media: Mass…

  • 10 Famous Journalists in the world: All you need to know

    A journalist, by definition, is a person who writes news stories or a person who stands in front of the camera to disseminate the current affairs of a particular region. The nation is strengthened by challenging power and questioning authority, which is the basic role of the journalists in a democracy. One of the most…

  • Citizen Journalism: Meaning, History, Types, Pros and Cons

    Imagine what happens when a news medium fails to cover or report an important incident due to critical situations? The medium tends to lose its credibility and trust. To avoid this, the concept of citizen journalism was brought in. Earlier, when the news media came into existence, it was the leaders and businessmen who played…