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Will digital media help in building better democracy in India?

Created by : Swapna Das, Assistant Professor, Govt. college  | 09 07 2010 08:45:29 +0000
Industry : Radio, TV & FilmsFunctional Area : India(Markets)
Keywords : democracy and digital media digital media in democracy democracy in india
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Digital media such as mobile phones and Internet have been found to be essential for building democracies. The Internet has played a key role in nearly all democratic transitions in the last 15 years.

So do you thing this will help building a better democracy??

  
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Yes today digital media are the best tool to create awareness among the people. Some of the means are online campaigns, youtube videos, niche communities, social media, etc.
By Swapna Das, Assistant Professor, Govt. college  09 07 2010 08:45:29 +0000
 
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Digital media is surely the most effective tool for transparency. Question is to what extent our politics, governance, law & order wants to empower people?

People of India are exposed to media in every sphere, as many years of digital media. How much has it helped in our attitudes, ethics and governance? I feel ashamed being an informed citizen at the truant corruption being all around you. To get additional pages endorsed on my passport for further travel it took 24days after reaching the highest level (A citizen who traveled over 30 times overseas and held passport for over 35 years).  If I have to bribe police inquiry in exasperation!  Had I links to the underworld or one such of Headly type, I'm sure passport would have been delivered at home.

Digital world or Outer world, it can never help our corrupt mentality and attitudes. For India and Indians, change of HEART rather than MIND is required for capitalizing digital revolution!
By Mark D' Almeida, Fighting Corruption & attitudes, every step  09 07 2010 14:21:22 +0000
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No doubt there is a divide in india on digital Media usage; especially between  village and metro usage. But when india grows to be BHARATH the media should be ready to be used by ONE and ALL, so that before a law/bill in passed the POPULATION votes and NOT just Bunch OF KhanGRESS Thugs in a building called Parliament as is NOW by the Nehruvian Khan Dinasty
By Pramod P. Kaimal, Web Site Update, AN ACTUAL TRUE SCHOOL  | 09 19 2010 05:19:01 +0000
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I agree with your opinion, but the success depends upon the reach .. the digital media is accessible to the educated mass... and for the remaining public, especially, in the rural areas ? In our country there is a divide between educated & uneducated population.

Thanks for the referral Ms.Swapna Das.

 
By NATTERAJA R. ARIKRISHNAN, GM-Projects, Bentec Electricals & Electronics Pvt. Ltd  | 09 18 2010 19:23:26 +0000
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Yes if bureaucrats really wants to use the power of digital media to help ppl leave better life . Only today I read an article on this where delhi police using facebook to make ppl aware abt traffic situation in the city as well as ppl can complain abt wrong behaviour of police online and that helps.


By CHINTAN , Security/ Equity Research Analyst, chintaninc  | 09 07 2010 10:38:48 +0000
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 I do agree with Swapna, that digital media are the best tool.The people are more knowledgeable about their role and their rights.
By Mohammad Bakhsh, Project Leader/Managing Consultant, Freelancer  | 09 07 2010 10:07:36 +0000
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I am in total agreement with you on the subject Swapna.
By Rathin Deb, Freelance Retail Consultant  | 09 07 2010 09:58:26 +0000
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Thanks for your referral Swapana,I am agree with you that the digital media can help and helping in building a better democracy by spreading awareness....accessing details and spreading information about the happenings/corruption/policies/after-effects/laws.But there must be some guidelines for all this so that it could not be misused.
By Dilip Kumar Pandey, RF Engineer, Ericsson India Pvt. Ltd.  | 09 07 2010 09:04:44 +0000
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Democracy is TOTAL participation. With  Digital Divide a totality is MISSED; we need 100% digital literacy when we lack even in Basic Literacy. Democracy no doubt will be TOTAL only with DIGITAL MEANS BUT with current state of affairs ??
By Pramod P. Kaimal, Web Site Update, AN ACTUAL TRUE SCHOOL  | 09 14 2010 09:29:47 +0000
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Dear Swapna,

Media or science or technology has not advanced to the extent that it can remake a better person of a living human. If our democracy needs help it is the handling humans who need to change their colonial mindset. And the more powerful requires the biggest change in mindset for democracy to get any better. Unless there exists a "will to change" and treat the most deprived with deserved honor of a human being, it is AAM AADAMI misruled by KHAAS. Thus democracy being meaningful for this KHAAS AADAMI only.
By Ravindra Sharma, Managing Consultant, CHEF-India  | 09 08 2010 07:38:53 +0000
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The largest democratic country like U.S.A are now preferrng to postal ballot

rather than Electronic Voting Machines; i believe that the mobiles,internet and other media is aonly a tool which ha to be supplemented by p-eople watchdog

both soft and hard to coexist
By kasturirangan.r , INSURANCE ADVISOR, Life Insurance Corporation Of India  | 09 07 2010 11:10:29 +0000
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