On 28 April 2012, ‘Bersih 3.0’, a rally calling for freer and fairer elections estimated that 250,
000 people gathered to support its cause. Government controlled newspapers the New
Straits Times and Utusan Malaysia accused this rally attended by 20, 000 demonstrators as a
plot to destabilise and overthrow the ruling coalition through chaos and…[Read more]

People actively participating on social networks like Facebook, Twitter and blogs are
questioning the age old logic of boundaries and space. Virtual networks like twitter have
given space which not only explores individual self but also connects to a mass phenomenon
emerging through thought leaders, celebrities or ‘trend setters’. This stu…[Read more]

This study discusses the differences between Chinese youth film and American teen film through a perspective on cultural foundation. The author argue that Confucianism is an alternative that greatly affects the depiction of young characters and the causal relationship of morality and fate of the characters in Chinese films. In Confucian…[Read more]

Social media has not only transformed an individual’s interaction pattern but has also integrated into wide range of interests and practices of online users. This social network facilitates self construction, identity performance and social integration on one hand while mediating fake relationships, unethical practices and invading privacy on t…[Read more]

Social Media is a binary platform on which all previous forms of media converge. Producers are disappointed that social media does not generate the revenues expected. Documentary filmmakers are challenged to understand, adapt and apply this new technology. This paper examines social media, its origins, applications and limitations by reviewing the…[Read more]

Traditional and social media interplay in setting media agenda. Inter-medial agenda is still in the nascent state and is one of the most dynamic and uncontrolled phenomenon on the border between professional, staff-produced media and the mostly grassroots, user-generated content of social media. One of the crucial roles in the process of media…[Read more]

The retirement of Sachin Tendulkar, unarguably one of the greatest cricketers
the world has ever witnessed, was a major landmark in the recent history of
sport and generated a widespread media discourse across the world. This paper
analyses how differently Indian and foreign media engaged with this celebrity
discourse through a comparative…[Read more]

In 2001, CEO and owner of Black Entertainment Television (BET) Bob Johnson,
sold majority ownership to Viacom with much controversy. Many people in the
black community questioned the appropriateness of a network that claimed to
represent black life being under the defacto control of a white dominated
corporation. This study seeks to assess the…[Read more]

This paper aims to examine Raunch culture, a strand of post-feminism in the
recent Bollywood movies, The Dirty Picture and Grand Masti. Both these movies
critique the perception that the investment in raunch feminine sexuality empowers
female characters, but if observed profoundly, they celebrate the commodification
of women’s body. F…[Read more]

Mindanao is the Philippine’s second largest island in the south. Identifying
Mindanao-based documentaries that have development themes remain unknown
or unacknowledged. Using Phenomenology as theoretical framework and method,
as a result, the researcher found out that similar to other documentary films in
other parts of the country and the…[Read more]

This study explores the portrayal of Islam and Muslims in the western media talk
shows, CNN and BBC from January 2012 to December 2012 and draws the required
data from their online editions. It is a content analysis of 50 programs focusing on
Islam and Muslims from Piers Morgan Live, Fareed Zakaria GPS, HARDtalk and
Newsnight. The findings…[Read more]

This paper seeks to study the changing relationship between news and public
policies. It would address the changing modes of reporting along with changes in
different strands in public policy, its instruments and actors. Conventional literature
in the field provides a broader perspective related to news and public policy. It is
claimed that…[Read more]

The work presented here is an exploratory and descriptive study under a
qualitative approach. It purposes was to show the use of television series, as a
means of teaching and learning professional ethics in communication
undergraduate students. Among the results we found two direct areas of impact:
teaching and learning. In the case of…[Read more]

Most of the research on the uses and effects of media focused on individuals rather than family systems. This shift in the approach to the study of children television viewing and parental mediation is considered as a meaningful approach and such a study on an empirical ground becomes a need of the hour in a country like India. The objective of…[Read more]

In India, the practice of permission-based SMS advertising is yet to evolve as a marketing practice and mobile users resist SMS advertising in its current format due to unauthorised spamming. Given this context, what factors constitute the acceptance or rejection of SMS advertising is still unclear. So, the study investigated the factors…[Read more]

This study critically examines television commercials advertising AXE, a male body spray. Using the framework of male gaze, originally coined by Laura Mulvey, which manipulates the viewer’s (and camera’s) perspective, this analysis uncovers the ubiquitous myth that exposes such instinctual voyeuristic pleasures. This psychoanalytic inv…[Read more]

Binge TV-watching marks a new era of TV-watching behavior among youth. It is a result of dependence on new media and the widespread usage of smart phones connected to the Internet. The study investigates binge-watching among a sample of Arab residents in United Arab Emirates. It examines how binge-watching might correlate to depression and…[Read more]

Recent years have seen a sequence of “moral panics” regarding accessibility of information on the internet and its exercise for criminal/harmful activity. Such problems and wider availability of internet raises the public policy concerns among governments over whether the internet should be regulated or not. Some believe it should not, con…[Read more]

In the contemporary society, Facebook, WhatsApp, Twitter, and Instagram are not
merely words, but are synonymous to a person’s identity. Though the extensive use
of social media is capable of rendering a huge amount of benefits in terms of
ease of communication, lightening marketing reach and so on, the graver sides of
the same requires t…[Read more]

Hindi cinema has always been a better citation for Indian culture. Now it is an
accepted proof for the changing scenarios of modern India. The cinema has shaped
and portrayed Indian culture to the extent that the sixth art forms could ever
achieve. Hindi cinema has a great influence on common man who sees the different
symbols of daily life…[Read more]