Mass Media and Communications

Do you think readers have changed or newspapers have changed? Discuss.

Discuss the term infotainment. Can you think of examples? What do you think the effect of infotainment will be?

What is the likely impact of this competition among television channels to outdo one another in running exclusive live coverage of events for gaining higher viewership?

Can we look at this issue as a kind of voyeurism (peep into some other people’s private/intimate moments) indulged in by television cameras?

Is it an example of the positive role played by television media in highlighting the plight of rural poor?

Trace out the changes that have been occurring in the newspaper industry. What is your opinion on these changes?

Is radio as a medium of mass communication dying out? Discuss the potential that FM stations have in post-liberalisation India.

Trace the changes that have been happening in the medium of television. Discuss.