The most amazing thing that has happened to India was the issues find their way too fast to talk shows, tv news channels. The way a cola bottle looses its fizz in a few minutes of getting opened the same way the issues loose their fizz in a few days because the news is made for the masses. The TV news channels show what sells, without any committment to the profession. The media is supposed to help irradicate what is wrong in the society. There are many more things to talk and make people aware of not only issues there are many things which people would like to know. There was a documentary on India based on th youth working at call centres it was shown on National Geographic, and it was produced by Canada Film Board. But Indian media has more time to show trivial things.
Every day there is a show like Khauf, Mano YA Mano, Kaal Kapaal Mahakaal showing things like rebirth, old haunted havellis, haunted individuals. Might be these incidents are true but what is the need to promote such things. The only motive I think its to reach to the masses of India who have been believing in such things and the TV shows only reconfirm and solidifies their believes. The TV channels atleast the Hindi news channels are not contributing to the society through these efforts of theirs. I atleast dont think so. If anyone has any other views do put ur comments.
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True, Indian media is into sensationalization big time.
Where it is good: Trivial things in this large country can now be made into popular news. The media, in a small way, has fostered grassroots participation in the mainstream scheme of things. So, we have a more free flow of information, incidents etc. in the country.
Where it is bad: Well, it just isn’t bad; I say the media sucks in some areas. They are not playing a larger role in nation-building and opinion shaping. Whatever opinions they do try to shape is based on shallow ideas and popular trends. On top of it, they sensationalize things, blowing everything out of proportion to hog the limelight or capture eyeballs.
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