Media Management and News Value
Conference Theme: India’s Communication Strategy and Policy for Development. Sub-theme: Media ownership. ABSTRACT Author: Anoop S., Student, Institute Of Journalism, Press Club, Trivandrum (IJT), Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India. Title: Media Management and News Value Sub-theme: Ownership and Competitiveness in media influence the news value. After the period of emergency (1975-77) the concept of media autonomy came to practice in India. The government of India appointed a committee called Varghese committee after the emergency. In those emergency years the media became a politically driven domain of government policy. The Varghese committee, to draft the bill for autonomy of All India Radio (AIR) and doordarshan. It was a revolutionary change in the policy of government of India. It helps to create Democratic as well as a positive mind over the country. By this bill the Varghese committee strengthen the article – 19 again of Indian constitution. After the autonomous...