3rd ICTs and Society Meeting; Paper Session - Inequalities: social, economic and political; Paper 2: Media convergence and blogging in exposing corruption and fraud in India

    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Murthy, C.S.H.N. (author)
    Format:
    Journal article
    Publication Date:
    2010
    URL:
    https://www.researchgate.net/publication/324863804_3rd_ICTs_and_Society_Meeting_Paper_Session_-_Inequalities_social_economic_and_political_Paper_2_Media_conver-gence_and_blogging_in_exposing_corruption_and_fraud_in_India
    Published:
    India
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 133 Document Number: D11385
    Journal Title:
    Triple C (Cognition, Communication, Co-Operation): Open Access Journal for a Global Sustainable Information Society
    Journal Title Details:
    8(2) : 143-148
    Subject Term:
    case studies, coverage, development issues, ethical issues, government, information issues, information needs, Internet, reporting, rural development, rural development programs, television, role, blogs, blogging, social media, Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, India (Southern Asia), fraud, government interests, government actions, and corruption
    Notes:
    6 pages., Online via Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ)., Author analyzed case studies of corruption reported in 24/7 "convergent" media and concluded: "As the mainstream media is failing in exposing the enormous corruption in the government, there is a need to use the 'convergence' and 'blogging' to expose the corruption from the people side."

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