Welcome to our Campaign on
Polarization of Media.
In past few years news media industries have grown rapidly. With this growth, there is also growth in the polarisation of the media. There may be many reasons and causes for this polarisation, but polarisation has become more evident and explicit. Day by day its getting difficult to find an objective source of information. Journalists who once were looked upon to give objective and accurate news, have turned into biased journalism. The news media seems to have losts its meaning and have become a propaganda machinery in the society.
What we mean by Polarization of Media.
We at sowers have found it important to address “Polarisation of media” as this has lead to many consequences. Some are good and some bad. In this campaign we try to identify such consequences and discuss the reality of Polarised media and how it affects us all. It is hard to say if the polarised media will change into non polarised one. But, it is definitely possible for us to know and understand the reality and learn to handle the evolved media.
Polarized News: The reality
Indian news media has come a long way, from the Monopoly of one news channel (DD news) to 403 channels in 2018. It’s interesting to note that news and current affairs channels account to a whopping 45% of the TV Market share. With the increase in popularity of regional channels in recent years, news channels […]
Deepfake: A Tool that can be used to manipulate you.
As the line between reality and fake goes on diminishing day by day, Deepfake is just beginning to accelerate the process. An open source software was started by a Reddit user called Deepfakes. What exactly is Deepfake? Deepfake allows one to swap a face on a video using artificial intelligence and its just beginning to display […]
NEWS : Then and Now
Back in the days… Gone are the days when NEWS was considered an essential commodity. Long before the technological and industrial revolution took place, the “journalists” of the time also yearned to report everything that happened around them. They probably traveled far and wide to witness what was happening and then painstakingly wrote the details. […]
‘In the Age of False News’ | Journalism that killed Gauri Lankesh.
Gauri Lankesh, Coming back home from work, this 55-year-old senior most journalist of India was killed on her doorstep by unidentified males who shot her multiple times. She worked as an editor in Lankesh Patrike, a Kannada weekly started by her father P. Lankesh and ran her own weekly called Gauri Lankesh Patrike. At the time of her death, Gauri was known for […]