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Arjun Publishing House Mass Media and Contemporary Social Issues 2022 by N Prabhakar and N Basu
Book Summary of Mass Media And Contemporary Social Issues The mass media have an important role in modern society as the main channel of communication. The stronger and more purposeful the communication channels, the more developed the countries and vice versa. The population relies on the news media as the main source of information and the basis on which they form their opinions and voting decisions. About Author : Naval Prabhakar (b.1950) holds a post-graduate degree in Education from the University of Poona. He has been associated with media and communications for over fifteen years, initially as editorial staff of a leading daily from Bangalore and subsequently as Field Supervisor with Distance Education and Communication Centre (DECCEN). Narendra Basu has been working on and in media since the early 1970s. In 1982 he began a new phase of his career: as a professor of journalism technologies and the democratic process. Prior to that, he was an editor for 10 years. Contents : Preface 1. Introduction 2. Contemporary Social Issues 3. Media and Human Rights 4. Media Intervention 5. Environment and the Mass Media 6. Media and Emerging Youth Culture 7. Depiction of Violence 8. Mass Media and Factual Information 9. Media and Consumerism 10. Women Portrayals 11. Media: The Critical Path of Democracy Bibliography Index