The role of media in our day-to-day life is gaining significance in numerous ways. An insignificant news may take the shape of a sensational news and its reality and truth may be tarnished proving as irreparable damage. It requires caution and media discipline while giving currency to a news. The Gujarat issue is the one which have been debated in Parliament and in newspapers, thus giving damage to the communities. The theme is well-weaved into eight chapters which covers attack and criticism, bias in the print media, non news becoming news, role of electronic media, and the media freedom.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR S.C. Bhatt
Veteran and journalist, S.C. Bhatt has been whatching and writing about the problems which often appear as intractable but are finally resolved. He has headed a number of media organisation in the course of his career, from the News Services Divisionof AIR to the DAVP, and from the Publicatiosn Divison to the Rand R Division. He has written extensively on current problems and issue of several books like, The Great Divide:-Muslim Separatism and Partition; The Triangle: India-Nepal-China; Satellite Invasion of India, Broadcast Journalism: Basic Principles; Indian Press Since 1955, Scholar Statesman: Shanker Dayal Sharma- A Biography among others. He has also edited The Encyclopaedic District Gazetteers of India, a volumious work of its own kind.
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