Trying to force a resolution to write regular blogs in 2011. Atleast one in a month.
Another area of resolution is about work-life balance with more family time. God give more peace and happiness to one and all.
Friday, December 31, 2010
Happy New Year 2011
Wishing Everyone a Happy New Year. May 2011 brings out more joy and peace around us.
Trying to force a resolution to write regular blogs in 2011. Atleast one in a month.
Another area of resolution is about work-life balance with more family time. God give more peace and happiness to one and all.
Trying to force a resolution to write regular blogs in 2011. Atleast one in a month.
Another area of resolution is about work-life balance with more family time. God give more peace and happiness to one and all.
Saturday, December 04, 2010
Social Media - Powers and Misuses
Everyone is concerned, angered, excited, curious about the leaks happening all over the world. I am also concerned about the leak in my restroom pipe. Ok that's different story in which I called up the plumber to fix it :)
I was more surprised and felt disappointed by the mainstream media handling Radia Tapes leak story barring airtimes with denial of the wrong doings. They were even trying to take cover under the ethos of Journalistic manipulation. They put out some jargons of journalism like String along the source to get more info.
My concern is all about transparency and bold journalism with guts to attack your own house even if it is built in glass to expose wrong doings, otherwise you should close the shop / leave the job and go and work do some desk job in 9 to 5 environs without fame and money.
On a discussion on this topic, someone said, fame and money bring ego to any individual. I am not sure about it because some of the celebrated journalists have toiled hard day night for years to be recognized so the ego part is not correct. But surely insecurity has been built in. It has become rat race to claim #1 spot in reporting.
Every channel exposed various scams but some channels have breaking news "After XXXX expose, Govt acts tough"..
Anyways coming to the tittle of blog... various bloggers, tweeters were persistent to discuss about this radia tapes issue to trigger some sense of responsibility to get some channels to discuss on the matter. Think about it, without media, CWG Scam would have been buried and now Social Media made sure that mediagate is not buried quietly.
But again, there are some elements start abusing individuals with so much ranting by calling names to demean some of the people noted / listed in the issue. There needs to be maturity and restraint on commenting such issues.
I think people active in Social Media needs to remember this line
Maybe this holds true for Media by large extent
I was more surprised and felt disappointed by the mainstream media handling Radia Tapes leak story barring airtimes with denial of the wrong doings. They were even trying to take cover under the ethos of Journalistic manipulation. They put out some jargons of journalism like String along the source to get more info.
My concern is all about transparency and bold journalism with guts to attack your own house even if it is built in glass to expose wrong doings, otherwise you should close the shop / leave the job and go and work do some desk job in 9 to 5 environs without fame and money.
On a discussion on this topic, someone said, fame and money bring ego to any individual. I am not sure about it because some of the celebrated journalists have toiled hard day night for years to be recognized so the ego part is not correct. But surely insecurity has been built in. It has become rat race to claim #1 spot in reporting.
Every channel exposed various scams but some channels have breaking news "After XXXX expose, Govt acts tough"..
Anyways coming to the tittle of blog... various bloggers, tweeters were persistent to discuss about this radia tapes issue to trigger some sense of responsibility to get some channels to discuss on the matter. Think about it, without media, CWG Scam would have been buried and now Social Media made sure that mediagate is not buried quietly.
But again, there are some elements start abusing individuals with so much ranting by calling names to demean some of the people noted / listed in the issue. There needs to be maturity and restraint on commenting such issues.
I think people active in Social Media needs to remember this line
With Power Comes Responsibility
Maybe this holds true for Media by large extent
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