Climate Change in Indian Press
Journal Title: Journal of Advanced Research in Journalism & Mass Communication - Year 2017, Vol 4, Issue 1
Abstract
Media plays a very crucial role in our society as its purpose is not only to inform the public about current and past events, but it also determines what we think and worry about. Print media plays a very important role in information distribution and thus enjoys the mileage of being one of the strongest medium of public information. This written form of communication creates a longer influence on the minds of the reader by providing more in-depth coverage. Theory predicts that information provided by print media reflects the media’s incentives to provide news to different types of groups in society, and affects these groups’ influence in policy-making. The current paper analyses the role played by the print media in covering paramount issue of climate change. The study used data produced by the different newspapers pertaining to such issues. Now-a-days, climate change has been emerging as one of the most serious issues of mankind. There is little research available on how much information related to climate change is reaching the poorer communities across the globe. Climate change journalism can protect people and promote sustainable development. Content analysis is proved to be instrumental in analysing the content of the newspapers. This study unveils thetrends and importance given by the main English dailies of India to climate change issues.
Authors and Affiliations
Nayeem Showkat
Keywords
Related Articles
- EP ID EP273004
- DOI -
- Views 156
- Downloads 0
Role of Media in Deepening roots of Democracy
Media plays a crucial role in shaping a strong democracy. Mass Media is referred to as the fourth estate of government because of the influence they have and the oversight role they apply. The media form public outlook,...
Battle on Fake News: WhatsApp among the College Students in Chennai
WhatsApp has become a suitable victim for everything its wrong in India right now. Another move to stem the spread of fake news and misinformation through its instant messaging app, which marks “unusual” links sent on ch...
Evolution of Social Media as an Innovative Educational Tool
The current education system in the country both at school and university level is going through a transitional phase. A phase where there is similar to the game of ‘Tug of War’ where the traditional methods are seem to...
Cauvery Dispute Memes: In the View of Derrida’s Deconstruction – A Discourse Study
This research on Cauvery dispute memes in the view of Derrida’s Deconstruction attempts to analyse the ‘memes’ created and shared during the period of September month 2016. This article undertakes Postmodernism as the co...
Social Networking Website Gathers Individuals for a Social cause - A Study on Facebook Events
Communication between the individual and the society becomes easy and faster with the world’s largest encyclopedia which is called as Internet. Social media networking websites and applications paved way to share one’s o...