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Sumit Batra Sr Sub Editor/Sr Reporter, TOI
 
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WELCOME TO THE WORLD OF MASS COMMUNICATION / JOURNALISM Originally created on Sunday, July 30, 2006 !*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*! Be the Change You Want to See In Your World.... MAHATMA GANDHI !*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*! Following websites will be helpful for students of Mass Communication / Journalism. **** Please share this Blog with all your Friends (and also with those who are not your friends), to make this effort a success **** **** Very Important **** (check before coming to the field) Undercover Journalism and Ethics http://www.hindu.com/2005/04/06/stories/2005040602251000.htm Court rejects plea for curbs on media in sting op...
Balram  |  Commented  |  2 years ago
Asking direct questions with direct answers is better than taking out interpretations from something which is written and said in some other context.... And that too (asking questions) with concealed ID's.... Anyways, when direct questions will...
Sumit Batra  |  Commented  |  3 years ago
Balram, this is like a library for people who want information on various things...thanks for the post ..
Nitin M Aras  |  Commented  |  3 years ago
Balram its a directory, am I right? Good job done, I saved it. Thanks
 
 
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Sumit Batra  |  Added idea  ""Is shoe insult a custom or a gesture of protest?":Shahid Siddiqui"  |  3 years ago
Hi all, Now this time I like to quote one of my friend's blog (member of toostep). He has alredy posted two Questions at toostep. those are: http://toostep.com/question/is-shoe-the-highest-most-revered-symbol-of-protest http://toostep.com/questio...
Gargi Sinha  |  Added idea  "Why congress did not file a case?"  |  3 years ago
Here the blogger is writting why government(congress) did not go for a case. He is showing his view like this"This issue has caused great embracement to Congress government and shows increasing anger of Sikh community against Congress. Congress...
 
 
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andreu ginestet  |  Argues in support of  "Yes"  |  3 years ago
Another and last remark for today: violence is a system that has many, many facets. In order to be able to really face the issue, it is necessary to accept the complexity of the phenomenon and to look at all its parts at once. Talking about one...
Sumit Batra  |  Argues in support of  |  3 years ago
No i don't agree with suhas on this issue, punishment should be given if they have done wrong, you can't just leave them by just having them fined and then let off, they ll do the same thing again and they know that if they pay fine they ll be let off,...
andreu ginestet  |  Argues in support of  "Yes"  |  3 years ago
hello and please let me have a word in this matter. I have become involved in major issues regarding any form of violence. I was coopted as member of the German Federation of scientists as an expert in matters of violence. I have changed in a...
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Rajender Sharma  |  Answered  |  3 years ago
For a website trying to generate sales enquiries, the best metrics will be actual enquiries generated - the best metric is the actual number of forms filled. Others showing an intent to enquire include seeing the contact information, bookmarking...
 
 
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Gargi Sinha  |  Answered  |  4 years ago
It all depends on the quality of the citizen journalist... It all comes down to their credibility and the depth of their research or firsthand experience... For example: A top insider or fundraiser in politics may have unique insight a mainstream...
 
 
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Nikhil Jain  |  Answered  |  4 years ago
Leave traditional ways of structuring media content behind since it is a structure that has evolved within a unidirectional communications system. Web-based Citizen Journalism necessarily needs to be structured along the lines of a...
 
 
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Citizen journalism has been haunting newsrooms since Dan Gillmor wrote We the Media: Grassroots Journalism by the People, for the People in 2004. Suddenly, for Gillmor epigone and imitators, there was a new hero, the citizen journalist, struggling against a bad guy called the traditional journalist. In fact a very bad guy this old journo: outdated, working for a mainstream media – disgusting, isn’t it ? -, linked to corporate interests, limited by the newsroom horizon, not very well connected (nor well educated) and with no knowledge of what can interest average people! Moreover, truth and accuracy were no longer his cup of tea… On the contrary, the citizen journalist had so many qualities:...
 
 
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