New communication technologies and news making process: a new discourse?

Naga Mallika, G (2014) New communication technologies and news making process: a new discourse? Journal of Media and Social Development, 2 (2). pp. 55-75. ISSN 2320-8244

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Abstract

The emergence of new communication technologies has had several implications for socio-political as well as cultural transfor-mations. While changes in language form and structure have been the subject of many studies, their effect on the socio-political discourse has not come in for much discussion especially in the Indian context. New communication technologies have blurred the lines between private andpublic space to an extent that it is difficult to gauge the influence of one on another. The new communication technologies have been incorporated by mainstream media in almost every sphere of their activity. They not merely influence the way information is disseminated but have become the source of news as also news itself. The more conversational, informal and multilingual vocabulary that seamlessly merges the private and public discourses has the potential to change national political discourse. In this article, the writer explores how this new form of discourse has seeped into mainstream media, impacting fundamental process of news making. An analysis of some of the prominent issues in mainstream newspapers helps understand the shift in the issues that make news. This shift has been necessitated by the changes in language that new communication technologies have brought about.

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: Print Media, New Media, Tweeter, Reply, Feedback,Discourse, Private and Public space.
Subjects: A Arts and Humanities > Journalism and Mass Media Communication
Divisions: Department of > Journalism and Mass Communication
Depositing User: Dr Raju C
Date Deposited: 20 Feb 2021 10:02
Last Modified: 20 Feb 2021 10:02
URI: http://eprints.uni-mysore.ac.in/id/eprint/15713

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