Every media house seems to have an agenda. The content seems to depend more upon what can sell rather than the fact of the matter.
Some want to do the right thing but have their wings chopped off by the people on the top.
Some blog about it to vent their frustration. Yeah blogging has emerged as a 'revolution in the making'. It's like an alternate media, "by the people", in the real sense of the phrase.
It has its shortcomings though. Some good thoughts are lost in the crowd while some with big names forget that something is not right just because they said it. Even the reader tends to take it for granted rather than cross-checking what he/she reads. Another shortcoming would be the fact that internet has penetrated only 5% of the Indian population. Therefore Television, Films and Print Media still make the real news and will be doing so for decades to come.
They no longer represent us though, at least not in a way we would want them to. It's the corporate houses that they cater to and "Brain-Washing" seems to be the next big agenda. Blogging is how people try to think out loud when media fails them. Next step would be individuals from different spheres of life seeking a common platform to speak their mind and answering questions which really matter to us.
One such attempt is 'The Opinion' magazine.Our purpose behind the formation of this magazine is to act as a platform for the opinions of the generation that is about to come of age. We hope to present pertinent issues from a perspective that highlights their impact on our lives. At the same time, it is equally important to us to ensure that The Opinion is a good read. So we welcome articles and stories from all genres, be it current affairs, sports, politics, economics, entertainment et al.
You can contact Pranay Gupta or me if you'd like to write or contribute in any other way you can think of and also to get your hands on our first issue.
i really like ur thoughts!
ReplyDeletemedia fabricates almost everything...to make it look readable and most importantly to sell it! m not against it but i doubt its validity...most of the times! hope opinion does not disappoint the same way...
as far as blogging thing is concerned, of the 5% people using internet i guess not even 10 % have blogs or access others' blogs...blogging can certainly not be as powerful a mode of disseminating ideas(fabricated or not) n igniting discussions as print media or tv...
i wil contribute too...and so will contact u very soon ;)
ReplyDeleteSounds promising. Have bookmarked it to read later. All the best!
ReplyDelete@Aishna: Thanks, looking forward to read the piece that you're working on.
ReplyDelete@Choco: Thanks !! I shall arrange a copy for you as it's a print edition :) you put up in bbay right ?
Bbay??? :| Kindly the explains...
ReplyDelete@Choco: Oops! Sorry! Now that I read again it only says India :(
ReplyDeleteanyhow we do have circulation outside bbay as well and I'll make sure you get one irrespective of which city you belong to ? would that make up for the mistake?
Yes. It will. But no thanks. I have no time to read even the stuff that I am supposed to read. Just forced myself to do tp on the pc today morning. Cause I won't be able to do that for quite a while after this! :|
ReplyDeleteSounds good. I liked the post a lot.
ReplyDelete@Choco: Hope you get more time for reading in the near future.
ReplyDelete@Ria: Thanks :) I hope you like the magazine too.
dude , nice thought....but i would rather say its the idiot box....not just media..i have my opinion...whether its goes with urs or not, i say television are seriously affecting people mind....especially the women, the serials..affect her mind in such a way..that she takes every relative of her as a enemy, gets associated with a serial to such an extent that she feels shes a part of that same family, and somehow all the negative traits are stored back of her mind.....also i agree with ur point, media now dont provide actual stuff, they r just the fabricators, they will show u what they want........cheers..my first opinion..i hope u like lol.....
ReplyDeleteVence, everyone's entitled to their own opinion irrespective of how much it is in sync with others :)
ReplyDeleteI do like ur opinion. The race to create the biggest baddest characters on television isn't doing much good in my opinion either.
congratulations! tell me more about it, do i get to read it online?
ReplyDelete@Mrinalini: Thank you ! :)
ReplyDeleteWe have our circulation only in bbay at present. So if you're in town it can be found on stalls around colleges or let me know and I'll direct you better. Else I shall leave a copy with Divya when I visit delhi next... would love to know about your feedback on the first edition :)
Sounds interesting! Will check it out now! :)
ReplyDelete@Preeti: Thanks! but it's not available on the website, a print only edition. Will get some copies wen i come to delhi next month and will make sure one reaches you too :)
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