Category Archives: Media

Gurgaon Ki Awaaz Community Radio celebrates three months on air

Posted on February 6, 2010 by Arti Jaiman

On Thursday, February 25, 2010, Gurgaon’s only community radio station celebrates three months of round-the-clock broadcasting to a community that has remained voiceless throughout the transformation of Gurgaon from a sleepy cluster of villages 20 years ago to a much … Continue reading →

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Content rating for kids?

Posted on March 5, 2009 by Ajay Jaiman

A study in the US has found that “TV ratings don’t accurately reflect the aggressive content found in shows popular among children — even cartoons”. And what do you say to parents who take their 10-year-olds, 3-year-olds and even 9-month-olds … Continue reading →

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Is Kindle 2 about to replace us in our family bed-time ritual?

Posted on February 26, 2009 by Ajay Jaiman

Will the new Kindle read bed-time stories to our kids? Can it? Will it? Should it? TV has proven its worth as a baby-sitter, across cultures! Social networking has effectively come to represent what we do using a browser and … Continue reading →

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Wittenberg University professor Dan Fleisch sets a new standard in after-sales service

Posted on February 12, 2009 by Ajay Jaiman

Professor Dan Fleisch set a new standard in after-sales service when he flew 600 miles on Christmas Day to hand-deliver his book to a buyer who had posted a comment on the Amazon web site that his copy of the … Continue reading →

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Time magazine says “Content, Once King, Becomes A Pauper”

Posted on February 12, 2009 by Ajay Jaiman

Has it really? Is content being devalued because of the current economic conditions or is there a larger trend here? Have the accountant got it all wrong? Read the Time article “Content, Once King, Becomes A Pauper”

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Advertising on portals/social networking sites Vs niche sites?

Posted on February 12, 2009 by Ajay Jaiman

The 2009 Online Advertising Attitudes report of UK reports that “22% of British consumers claim to only visit niche sites that are specific to their interests… A further 34% of British consumers spend the majority of their time visiting niche … Continue reading →

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Is the news world changing?

Posted on February 11, 2009 by Ajay Jaiman

When White House press conference doesn’t invite correspondents from The Wall Street Journal, The Chicago Tribune, Time and Newsweek but president Obama fields questions from the correspondent from The Huffington Post, a news blog (or should I call it an … Continue reading →

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Is the future of ‘books’ in our palms?

Posted on February 10, 2009 by Ajay Jaiman

Google is making its database of 1.5 million public domain books accessible from mobile devices for free. Amazon is working to make all its Kindle titles available on mobile devices.Random House Publishing has announced that will make books available for … Continue reading →

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Heard of novel podcasts?

Posted on February 3, 2009 by Ajay Jaiman

According to Time magazine, novel podcasts, unlike audiobooks “are truncated into segments and may include ambient sounds, music as well a cast of voices playing different characters.” “Evo Terra, the co-founder of Podiobooks.com, says 45,000 episodes are downloaded each day.” … Continue reading →

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Radio: A companionable presence at the turn of a switch

Posted on December 16, 2008 by Arti Jaiman

According to Elise Nordling, “The primary function of radio is that people want company.” Assuming that to be true, what kind of company do people normally want? Who do you and I like to talk to? To listen to? To … Continue reading →

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Negative health & social outcome of media

Posted on December 3, 2008 by Ajay Jaiman

Marcella Nunez-Smith of Yale School of Medicine and his team spent more than 18 months studying some 173 researches conducted over the last 30 years on how media affects the lives of children – ‘…obesity, tobacco, drug and alcohol use, … Continue reading →

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Radio for emergencies

Posted on November 30, 2008 by Arti Jaiman

The Mumbai tragedy has once again highlighted how the radio can be the most effective medium of communication in the time of crisis, be it floods, earthquakes, war, or terror strikes. With electricity supplies cut off, televisions switched off, one … Continue reading →

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Will it be Lalu on radio next?

Posted on November 19, 2008 by Arti Jaiman

At the risk of being taken seriously, I look forward to the day I can hear Lalu Prasad Yadav, our right honourable Railways Minister, coming on in between some truly ribald Bollywood numbers playing on an FM channel and saying, … Continue reading →

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Tejeshwar Singh Memorial Fellowships

Posted on October 17, 2008 by Arti Jaiman

An excellent opportunity for those looking seriously at how media is shaping our society, and how society is shaping media, is the Tejeshwar Singh Memorial Fellowship that will support such an endeavour by paying scholars Rs 50,000 per month for … Continue reading →

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Terrorism has no religious affinity

Posted on October 5, 2008 by Arti Jaiman

Finally, someone has spoken out against the strident, unrelenting branding of all terrorism being Islamic, and all Muslims being terrorists. According to a news report in The Times of India, Sharad Pawar asks a very pertinent question: “Why are only … Continue reading →

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Community Radio: Sajan Venniyoor’s views

Posted on August 28, 2008 by Arti Jaiman

Here’s a video link sent by Frederick Noronha through the CR-India mailing list. Sajan is the founder of the Community Radio Forum. Currently with Doordarshan, Sajan has 15 years of experience with radio. He has also been moderator and resource … Continue reading →

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Community Radio: Mumbai University’s MUST Radio

Posted on August 28, 2008 by Arti Jaiman

An NDTV story reports on MUST Radio, Mumbai University’s Community Radio. Two girls, born in slums, who have never been to school, have taken to the air waves as RJs talking on issues of health, education and hygeine. Read the … Continue reading →

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Community radio: agricultural colleges go live

Posted on August 27, 2008 by Arti Jaiman

The Telegraph has just run a story on the Birsa Agricultural College’s radio station that was launched in March 2008. Seems that the college is so enthusiastic about the response, they now want to set up 21 community radio stations … Continue reading →

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Book/Magazine Publishing 2.0

Posted on August 22, 2008 by Ajay Jaiman

Is there such a thing as book or magazine publishing 2.0? Perhaps there is a need for it. A lot of smart people are trying – some smart ideas and some not so smart. Which is which? I guess only … Continue reading →

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Broadcasting news, Manipur style

Posted on August 22, 2008 by Arti Jaiman

A great example of community news broadcasts comes to us from a little village in Manipur, where some villagers have got together to do a daily morning broadcast of news culled from local newspapers. No radio, no license. They simply … Continue reading →

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