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]

The 1960s was a period of social change in countries around the world and in
hundreds of cities in the United States. We argue that music played a rhetorical
role in bringing a vast array of people together behind a wide range of issues. The
music of Bob Dylan unified people together, making Dylan a kind of prophet that
put into music the…[Read more]

India though being the birthplace of the ancient science of sex, it is really a matter
of shame that the post British India, considers it a taboo, to talk and discuss it in
the public. Like many other ancient scriptures and technologies that were all
initiated by India, but are now used and further developed by the western world,
India, in…[Read more]

India though being the birthplace of the ancient science of sex, it is really a matter
of shame that the post British India, considers it a taboo, to talk and discuss it in
the public. Like many other ancient scriptures and technologies that were all
initiated by India, but are now used and further developed by the western world,
India, in…[Read more]

The purpose of this article was to examine the perception of the audience regarding
the portrayal of women in Indian TV advertisements and the perception difference
among them on the basis of their gender. 125 young adults comprising of 63 males
and 62 females were selected randomly as the sample for the study. Primary data
was collected…[Read more]

The purpose of this article was to examine the perception of the audience regarding
the portrayal of women in Indian TV advertisements and the perception difference
among them on the basis of their gender. 125 young adults comprising of 63 males
and 62 females were selected randomly as the sample for the study. Primary data
was collected…[Read more]

The purpose of this article was to examine the perception of the audience regarding
the portrayal of women in Indian TV advertisements and the perception difference
among them on the basis of their gender. 125 young adults comprising of 63 males
and 62 females were selected randomly as the sample for the study. Primary data
was collected…[Read more]

This article describes the context that the city of Chihuahua, Mexico witnessed
during the years 2007-2012 regarding the war that took place between the Mexican
government and organized crime groups; centering the analysis on the particular
role that the different types of newspapers (digital and printed) played on
informing the violence that…[Read more]

This article describes the context that the city of Chihuahua, Mexico witnessed
during the years 2007-2012 regarding the war that took place between the Mexican
government and organized crime groups; centering the analysis on the particular
role that the different types of newspapers (digital and printed) played on
informing the violence that…[Read more]

The potential to reach out to large mass of people in considerably shorter periods
of time, though resulted in acceleration of news production, it also paved way to
a sudden boom in circulation of fake news. The attempt made here is to understand
the various factors that influence the propagation of fake news. With the assistance
of an online…[Read more]

While the Internet and multimedia applications have made it easy to produce and
spread media, they have also made it possible to distribute fake news to masses.
With over 200 million active users in India and growing, WhatsApp’s reach and
features make it a top choice to spread fake news. This not only influences public
opinion in India but…[Read more]

The northeastern state of Assam in India has witnessed long years of armed
conflict waged by the ULFA and other militant outfits against the Indian state, and
intermittent identity struggles by different ethnic groups and communities
demanding greater autonomy and constitutionally guaranteed privileges. The 2000s
political landscape of Assam…[Read more]

The emergence of new media technologies has redefined how people, particularly
the youth, are exposed to the news. Social networking sites (SNS), in particular,
have widely changed the manner in which news is consumed. SNS platforms have
emerged as news sources where people engage in several activities such as
sharing, commenting and…[Read more]

In his acceptance speech for the Republican nomination to be President of the
United States, Donald J. Trump presented the audience with a stark world of good
vs. evil, chaos vs. stability. We use Burke’s concept good terms and evil terms to
rhetorically analyze the acceptance speech. While Trump used specific references
to real events in his…[Read more]

A participative and representative democracy like that of India cannot deny media’s
significant role in strengthening its democratic fabric. However, while media has
offered a huge platform for creating awareness, educating and sensitising people,
the quality of knowledge disseminated, the kind of awareness created, the way of
connecting with…[Read more]

The paper deals with the problems and prospects for the development of television
broadcasting in the Republic of Kazakhstan in the context of the information society.
The author suggests the mechanisms for controlling and forecasting socially
responsible television and discovers its role in democratic modernization of
society. The paper…[Read more]

The paper deals with the problems and prospects for the development of television
broadcasting in the Republic of Kazakhstan in the context of the information society.
The author suggests the mechanisms for controlling and forecasting socially
responsible television and discovers its role in democratic modernization of
society. The paper…[Read more]

With the introduction of the Internet, online news sites are encouraging ordinary
people to discuss and address their issues. Employing critical discourse analysis
approach, this paper analyses the discursive representation of news articles
published on tsheringtobgay.com. A critical discourse analysis of articles published
on the site reveals…[Read more]

Taking a selfie as a social phenomenon is a way that people try to feel better
about themselves. Selfies say us something important about the people who take
them, and then share them and offer useful insights into the uses of social media
in general. It seems that young Kuwaitis are obsessed with taking selfies. Young
Kuwaitis, especially…[Read more]

In South Asia, the public relations departments of the Indian and Pakistani
governments have been playing a critical role in the making of broadcast regulation
policies and enactment of media laws, which helped successive governments and
bureaucracies intervene in the business and functioning of the companies
providing electronic media…[Read more]