Posted at http://www.unesco.org/courier/2001_06/uk/medias.htm, Via web site. 4 pages., "An Indian journalist rails against the growing rift in his country between mass media and mass relaity, a trend driven by increasing corporate control."
Via online issues. 2 pages., Author alerts readers to a move to "put the mapping for where service is needed in the hands of Connected Nation, a company representing big telecommunications companies."
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C29028
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Posted on http://www.youtube.com > Search on "p. sainath", Via You Tube, Features the thoughts of an award-winning journalist in India, P. Sainath Palagummi Sainath, about what he identifies as serious gaps in mass media coverage. He observes that due to the advertiser-driven environment for media organizations, national media are not interested in serving the information needs of rural residents and the poor, generally. National media do not have "rural" or "poverty" beats, he explains, although residents in those categories make up the majority of the population in India. He urges media to signal the weaknesses in society as well as the areas of progress.
