Politicisation and Commercialisation of Media is Parody of Realism: Contextual Rediscovery of Conscience and Responsibility in Democratism
S.Vineeth Balaji, School of Excellence In Law, The Tamil Nadu Dr. Ambedkar Law University, Chennai
Abstract
The communication is the nodal concern of the humans to interact and to know the happenings of the surroundings. This has evolved in the ages of civilization in different forms and modes. Now in the modern age of technological, scientific advancement and globalisation made the happenings to be known only through the medium of mass media. The media played the role in the history of freedom struggle and the visions gave to the freedom of speech and expression to them in the constitution. Today’s role of media is paradoxically shifting towards the new strategic techniques to impact the minds of the society only to engage in the symbiotic relationship with politics and not to voice the people of democratic country. This is the ridiculous situation and the trivialisation of media has entirely eroded the roots of the democracy and ethics of journalism. The glimpse of truth is refracted by the politicians to veil their propaganda. The reforms in the electoral system and the regulatory capture of media are all failure because both are the beneficial counterparts of the political socialisation. The provisione legis regarding the media regulation is only the self-regulation which is gives the platform of status quo to mislead the commons beyond the level of saturation with demarcation from the degree of duty and social responsibility. The subject is envisaged with the core concept of duty and responsibility towards media to enact in the democratic way and not in dramatic way. Thereby supporting the cause of democratic oriented media understanding and to act as the guiding force to mitigate regulation.
Keywords: Political Socialization, Journalism Ethics, Regulatory capture, Duty and Social Responsibility.
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