Public-Interest Journalism: A guide for students
Arvind Sivaramakrishnan
- New Delhi: Orient Balckswan, 2014.
- 222 p.
Includes bibliography and index
1 The Current Condition and the Commercial Context of the News Media Fictions and lies Political impact of media fictions Propagating propaganda The historical background and the propaganda model The media oligopoly: Political power despite commercial failure The shrinking range of content and ideas in the mass media Pressures on public-sector broadcasting State protection of private-sector media monopolies Market censorship Unfree expression in an unfree market 2 A Summary of the Contemporary Indian News-Media Context Outline Examples of significant neglect The business structure of the Indian news media A problem about credibility 3 Professionalism and Media Culture The appeal of professional certification The incoherence of the distinction between reportage and comment 4 Professional Journalism and Systematic Subordination An occupational myth, and increasing dependence on official and corporate sources Can the media be war criminals? Evasions, exclusions, and suppressions 5 Citizen Journalism A brave new dawn? The mainstream press and social media journalism— the institutional relationship Speed—and a threat to official secrecy Advertising Blogs The citizen-press symbiosis 6 Alternative Models of the Media How the press already depends heavily on the state— the range of existing funding models Targeted tax breaks Trust status Charitable status Community Interest Companies Independently Financed News Consortia Subsidies in the form of government advertising Direct state funding Possible reform: Structural change and informing principles Ordinary people—the media's worst enemy? 7 Existing Alternatives to the Mainstream Media Instructional Material-Examples and Exercises