Browse published articles by Dr. N. Bhaskar Rao.
Maya ignores media: Political parties spent Rs 700 crore
The Tribune
The BSP’s Mayawati has demonstrated in the landmark Assembly UP poll how unconventional wisdom could sway voters in the days of hi-tech expensive campaigns...…
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23 May 2007
Research needed on RTI usage
The Tribune
A quick look at the implementation of the Right to Information Act (RTI) so far conveys mixed messages. The disappointment has been particularly on three fronts…
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17 May 2007
Adversarial media good for democracy
The Tribune
ANDHRA PRADESH has been witnessing a confrontation between those in power and the news media. A classic one at that.…
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19 Oct 2006
Media ethics getting complex : Professional bodies can do a lot
The Tribune
WONDERING whether there are any professional codes of conduct in journalism, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh raised at The Tribune’s 125th anniversary function …
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09 Dec 2005
Media ethics sustain and enhance very scope of freedom
Souvenir
The article explains the significance of addressing ethical concerns in mass media, outlining the broad principles towards sustaining media ethics.…
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16 Nov 2005
Media needs a new outlook and approach
The Tribune
DESPITE rapid growth and expansion of the mass media and the emergence of the new media, its overall reach is not even two-thirds of the country’s adult popul…
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10 Jul 2005
Whither children’s television?
The Tribune
MORE than half the television viewers in India today are children below 15 years. Yet, there is hardly any sensitivity about the relevance and impact of televis…
Published on:
26 Jun 2005
‘Lakshman rekha’ for media: It shouldn’t mean curbing freedom
The Tribune
LOK Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee reminded recently that institutions in a democracy have to operate within a “Lakshman rekha”.…
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01 Jun 2005
When TV errs: An independent regulatory body can help
The Tribune
The hue and cry raised about TV contents a decade ago was concerning violence and vulgarity. We now seem to have reconciled to that fact. For, the concern now i…
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13 May 2005
Indian media must go global: This is in larger interest of the country
The Tribune
While launching a business channel in Hindi recently, the Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh, wondered why Indian media was not going globally and why “very fe…
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28 Mar 2005
Demands of Democracy and Demography for Nation Building
South Asia Politics
The article explains the correlation between power dynamics and demography as a critical source for defining the very scope of democracy in India.…
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05 Mar 2005
Representative democracy
Sahara Time
The electoral process and a free press (media) are the two basic institutions which are indicative of the velocity of a democracy. But how representative are th…
Published on:
19 Feb 2005
Media: disturbing shifts – its priorities are going haywire
The Tribune & PCI
President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam and Justice A.S. Anand made very pertinent observations recently at the IPI-India Award function for Excellence in Journalism.…
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07 Jan 2005