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| Cartoon Watch, September 2015 |
Tuesday 29 September 2015
Monday 28 September 2015
Information | Seminar on “Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security: Issues and Challenges”
Council of Social Action (CoSA), a Non-Governmental Organisation, is organising a National Seminar on “Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security: Issues and Challenges” on 19th and 20th of October, 2015 at Hotel Moti, Berhampur, Odisha with the assistance from NABARD, Bhubaneswar.
For Details contact:
Dr. Lakshmi Prasad Panda
MBA, M.Phil (Eco.), Ph.D (Eco.)
Assistant Professor of Economics
Government College of Engineering Kalahandi
Bhawanipatna, 766002, Odisha
Mob- 09437965239 /09040269056
Email : pandalakshmiprasad@gmail.com
Information | Media Award
Press Council of India
National Awards For Excellence in Journalism 2015
1. Raja Ram Mohan Roy National Award forExcellence in Journalism – The award to be conferred on the basis of
nomination from entrants selection by jury on the basis of (a) own knowledge,
(b) nominations received from associations of journalists, editors and
newspapers and, (c)nominations received from members of civil society and
will recognized seminal journalistic efforts in upholding the ideals of a free
Press and given to an Editor, columnist, photojournalist or cartoonist who has
done substantial work in the preceding year.
2. Rural Journalism and Developmental Reporting
3. Investigative Journalism
4. Photo Journalism
(i) Single News Picture
(ii) Photo Feature
5. Best Newspapers Art covering cartoons, caricatures and illustrations
Eligibility
1. Open to all journalists/freelancers of Indian nationality. The nomination of journalistemployed with a newspaper to be made by the editor of the newspaper/news agency,
who shall declare that the journalist being nominated has been in regular employment of
the newspaper/news agency for the preceding calendar year. He/She should have
contributed at least 10-15 reports/photographs with bye line in the given year and must
highlight atleast two distinguished contributions/articles on the basis of which they seek
the Award in the given category. The nomination to be counter signed by the nominated
journalist. Freelancers making self-nomination may also file a self attested declaration
with the above documents.
2. Joint Declaration by the editor and nominated journalist or by freelancer that the
material taken into consideration for award is the sole creation of the journalist/photojournalist
and was first published in the preceding calendar year and all rights of the
material vest in the newspaper/journalist/photo-journalist.
3. Language Paper articles should be translated in English /Hindi.
4. All photo entries must include a caption either in English or Hindi translation thereof.
5. Each entry must also document journalist’s/photo-journalist’s professional status.
6. Awards are not open to sitting members of the Council.
7. The Award for 'Best Newspapers Art' covering cartoons, caricatures and illustration,
relates to the creativity of the art journalist through the medium of newspapers.
Last Date of Submission
20 Oct. 2015Criteria
1. The Council will issue advertisement in newspapers along with Press Release andPost Notice on the Website of the Council inviting the entries in prescribed format
(Entry Form, Declaration Forms and Rules) along with the CV of the nominated
journalist/ photo-journalist from the Editors of Registered Newspaper.
2. Names of Selected Candidates will be announced by last week of October, 2015.
3. Selected candidates to be awarded on National Press Day i.e. 16 November, 2015.
Selection Procedure
A jury comprising of members of the Council including a Presiding Officer along withthree non-members from the fields of journalism will finalise the names of the winners.
The jury shall have the discretion to recommend that an award in any particular
category may not be given if they are of the opinion that the entries in that category are not of
the required standard.
The decision of the jury shall be final and binding and no appeal or correspondence shall
be entertained regarding their decision.
The Council shall have the right to reproduce the Award winning articles in its
publication of the National Press Day.
Contact:
The SecretaryPress Council of India
2nd Floor, Soochna Bhawan
8, C.G.O. Complex
Lodhi Road
New Delhi - 110 003
E-mail : pcibppeditorial@gmail.com, secy-pci@nic.in
Information | New Media Journal
Shodh Sarthi
Kushabhau Thakre University of Journalism and Mass Communication, Raipur is publishing a Research Journal of Mass Media and Communication ‘Shodh Sarthi’ in October 2015.
Media Researcher, Scholar and Academician may submit research paper on or before September 30, 2015 to kturesearchjournal@gmail.com.
Authors are advised to follow APA 6th edition style guide for their research paper.
APA guideline link http://www.apastyle.org/
The paper must be in the format given bellow
1. Abstract with at least five key wards
2. Introduction
3. Review of Literature
4. Objectives
5. Hypothesis
6. Research Methodology
7. Analysis
8. Conclusion
9. Bibliography / Reference
For Details contact:
Dr. Narendra Tripathi
Head, Department of Electronic Media
Kushabhau Thakre University of Journalism and
Mass Communication, Raipur
Mob: 9425755699
Email Id: drnarendra88@gmail.com
Thursday 24 September 2015
Information | Seminar on Hindi littérateur Akhilesh at Chittorgarh, Rajasthan
Got this letter from Sambhavna. Thought of sharing the information. Interested persons may contact the organisation.
संभावना संस्थान की गतिविधियों और इतिहास से आप सुपरिचित हैं। यह एक पंजीकृत संस्थान हैजिसने अनेक साहित्यिक आयोजन विगत में किये हैं। जनवरी 2013 में संस्थान ने अपने पहलेराष्ट्रीय सेमीनार का आयोजन किया था।
अब हम इस शृंखला में अगला आयोजन 4 अक्टूबर 2015, रविवार को कर रहे हैं। इस बार आयोजनका विषय है- समकालीन परिदृश्य और अखिलेश का साहित्य। इस आयोजन में हम हिन्दी केसुपरिचित कथाकार अखिलेश का रचना पाठ और समकालीन कथा परिदृश्य पर विस्तृत चर्चा करनाचाहते हैं। उम्मीद है कि देश के अनेक साहित्यकार एवं विश्वविद्यालयों के आचार्य इस सेमीनार मेंभागीदारी करेंगे।
आयोजन में भाग लेने के इच्छुक शोध छात्रों एवं प्राध्यापकों को पंजीकरण हेतु सम्भावना संस्थान केनाम से 300 रुपये का ड्राफ्ट भेजना होगा। सेमीनार में पढे गए पत्रों को संभावना द्वारा पुस्तकाकारप्रकाशित करवाया जाएगा। भागीदारी कर रहे प्रतिभागियों के दोपहर के भोजन एवं चाय इत्यादि कीव्यवस्था संस्थान द्वारा की जायेगी। भागीदारी का प्रमाण पत्र आयोजन के समापन सत्र में वितरितकिया जाएगा। शोध पत्र प्राप्त होने की अंतिम तिथि 25 सितम्बर है।
किसी भी जानकारी के लिए संस्थान से संपर्क किया जा सकता है।
डॉ.कनक जैन
निदेशक, सम्भावना संस्थान
म-16, हाउसिंग बोर्ड, कुम्भानगर, चित्तौडगढ-312001, मोबाइल- 9413641775
Saturday 19 September 2015
Audio Book on M F Hussain
If alive Maqbool Fida Husain, the gifted artist would have been 100 this September. He was an icon and iconoclast. A legend and a maverick. He was the most well known Indian painter abroad. However, his paintings depicting Hindu Gods and goddesses in nude enraged a large section of people. Hundreds of law suits were filed against him. His exhibitions were vandalised. Hussain left the country and lived in self-imposed exile in Doha and London from 2006 until his death on 9 June 2011.
Husain was associated with Indian modernism in the 1940s. His early association with the Progressive Artist's Group, or "PAG of Bombay" used modern technique, and was inspired by the "new" India after The Partition of 1947. His narrative paintings, executed in a modified Cubist style, can be caustic and funny as well as serious and sombre. His themes—sometimes treated in series—include topics as diverse as Mohandas K. Gandhi, Mother Teresa, the Ramayana, the Mahabharata, the British raj, and motifs of Indian urban and rural life. Early in his painting career, and until his death, he enjoyed depicting the lively and free spirit of horses in many of his works. Often referred to as the "Picasso of India," M.F. Husain is the most celebrated and internationally recognized Indian artist of the 20th century. Husain is primarily known for his paintings, but is also known for his drawings and his work as a printmaker, photographer, and filmmaker. Some of his later works stirred controversy, as they depicted traditional Deities of India in non traditional ways.
He also directed a few movies. In 1967, he received the National Film Award for Best Experimental Film for Through The Eyes of a Painter In 2004, he directed Meenaxi: A Tale of Three Cities, which was screened in the Marché du Film section of the 2004 Cannes Film Festival.
Syed Mohd Irfan, who was closely associated with him in creating an audio book on Hussain's life and times has posted the audio book on net.
Get it here:
http://sunomfhusainkikahani.blogspot.in
Listen to it to know the mind of a genius and the way he grew.
Thursday 17 September 2015
Wednesday 16 September 2015
Tuesday 15 September 2015
Information | Conference at Guwahati, 2-3 Nov. 2015
Assam Don Bosco University in collaboration with The Department of Mass Communication of Mizoram University will host a national seminar, Configuration of Quality in Indian Media Education: Contextualising the Prime Parameters on November 2 and 3, 2015.
For Details contact: mediac@dbuniversity.ac.in
Information | Conference at New Delhi on 6-7 Nov. 2015
Lingaya’s Lalita Devi Institute of Management and Sciences (LLDIMS), affiliated to GGSIP University is organizing two-days National Conference on “Competency Building for Excellence, Innovation & Social Change (CBEIS 2015)’” on 6th & 7th November, 2015 in the institute’s premises at Mandi, New Delhi.
Participation certificates will be issued to all the participants and selected papers will be published in our journal with interdisciplinary approach, ‘Lingaya’s Lalita Devi Journal of Professional Studies” having ISSN No. - 2230-987X.
For any further queries write to conferencelldims15@gmail.com or call 011-26651112/3.
Monday 14 September 2015
Saturday 12 September 2015
Cartoons on Sheena Bora murder case coverage
Often public reactions are best judged by cartoons.
Take for instance the general public reaction to the over-saturation coverage of Sheena Bora murder case. It almost pushed out the murder of Prof. M. M. Kalburgi (77) — veteran Kannada writer and former Vice-Chancellor of Kannada University, Hampi — who was known for his strong stand against superstitious practices and right-wing groups, from the mainstream mediascape.
Here are some cartoons and posts on social media:
Take for instance the general public reaction to the over-saturation coverage of Sheena Bora murder case. It almost pushed out the murder of Prof. M. M. Kalburgi (77) — veteran Kannada writer and former Vice-Chancellor of Kannada University, Hampi — who was known for his strong stand against superstitious practices and right-wing groups, from the mainstream mediascape.
Here are some cartoons and posts on social media:
Friday 11 September 2015
Thursday 10 September 2015
Wednesday 9 September 2015
Column | Window Seat
Teachers Day Musings
I was invited to a school on the occasion of Teachers Day (5 Sept.) to speak to the teachers. I have been a teacher for over one and a half decades now. This process of teaching and learning fascinate me. It is a process that is ever evolving and is impacted by so many factors. The teachers need to constantly adjust to these changes and teach.
What have been the changes in recent years? And how the teachers ought to adjust or negotiate with the changes? Here are some thoughts:
1. With the democratisation of information, thanks to Internet and Web, the job of a teacher is more to impart knowledge than to feed information. The information dissemination part of teaching has been taken over by technology. Therefore a teacher now needs to concentrate more on knowledge than feeding facts.
2. Thanks to emerging domains of knowledge and technology learning has become collaborative. Teachers should take note of it and learn the collaborative techniques to facilitate learning.
Another important aspect is the role a teacher plays in shaping the personality of the students. Often students, especially in the younger age, look up to their teacher for life lessons. Teachers need to appreciate that they are (or could be) role models for children. Today in India in absence of good role models, teachers need to position themselves as role models for the students to follow. This is a great responsibility. Are we, the teachers ready to take this responsibility?
Irony
There are three common types of irony: Verbal, dramatic and cosmic.
Verbal irony occurs when either the speaker means something totally different than what he/she is saying or the audience realizes, because of their knowledge of the particular situation to which the speaker is referring, that the opposite of what a character is saying is true. Dramatic irony occurs when facts are not known to the characters in a work of literature but are known by the audience. Cosmic irony is what at the end of the day happens, despite all efforts otherwise.
An example could be be seen in Shakespeare’s Othello. Iago begs his wife to steal Desdemona’s handkerchief so he can use this as conclusive proof that Cassio is having an affair with Desdemona. At the end of the play, when Othello tells Iago’s wife about the handkerchief, she confesses that Iago put her up to stealing it. Iago winds up being at Cassio’s mercy. The very handkerchief Iago thought would allow him to become lieutenant and bring Cassio to ruins was the handkerchief that brought Iago to ruins and exalted Cassio even higher than his position of lieutenant.
Now all types of irony could be seen, witnessed and experienced in India. Just look around.
Teachers Day Greetings
Happy Teachers Day, Life
You have been the greatest teacher to me
Tail piece: Breaking News
Recently the Enforcement Directorate officers broke the lockers of Baba X and found two kilos of Onions.
Posted on 8.9.2015 in www.orissadiary.com
See it here:
http://www.orissadiary.com/ShowOriyaColumn.asp?id=61439
Information | Call for Paper
M.O.P. VAISHNAV
COLLEGE FOR WOMEN (AUTONOMOUS)
CHENNAI-34
SCHOOL OF
COMMUNICATION AND MEDIA STUDIES
DEPARTMENT OF
JOURNALISM
CALL FOR PAPER
NATIONAL SEMINAR
ON
Implications and Influences
of New Media technologies on Journalism
FEBRUARY 12, 2016
newmediaseminar2015@gmail.com
Implications and Influences of New Media
technologies on Journalism
ABOUT M.O.P. Vaishnav College for Women
One of the youngest colleges in the country to
be granted autonomy, M.O.P. Vaishnav College for Women has displayed its
penchant for distinction and innovation in academics since its inception. The college has been committed to
attracting and supporting top calibre women students, providing them the right
arena for higher education. The college has over 14 UG & 8 PG courses plus
a dedicated Research programme in the Department of Commerce. Affiliated to the
University of Madras, it boasts a strength of 3,000 students. The college
offered itself for accreditation in its decennial year in 2004 and has been reaccredited
in 2009 by the NAAC (The National Assessment & Accreditation Council) with
an ‘A’ grade and a 3.51 CGPA on a 4 point scale.
The vision of the college is to evolve into a University of
international repute. Towards this end,
the regimen of academic study at each level is well balanced with
extra & co curricular activities, which include workshops, lectures,
seminars, conferences, symposia etc. organized by the faculty. The individual
departments of the college are responsible for the academic activities which
include teaching, research and other educational support to students. The teaching
faculty have distinguished themselves through awards for academic accolades
earned nationally and globally.
Department of Journalism. Established in 2003, the Department of Journalism seeks to equip
aspiring journalists to handle news in the print media, the electronic media
and the online media. As part of the course, students undertake projects which
involve active field experience comprising live beat coverage, research and
interviews that equip them with the skills required to join the band of
professionals in the industry.
The
department believes in keeping up with the trends in the field of journalism,
and recognises the magnitude of influence that the digital media has on its
practice. Far from being the radical,
avant garde concept it once was, practised by only the most forward-looking of
news organisations, convergence journalism has now made its presence felt in the
journalistic landscape. Most news organisations, having tentatively tried their
hands at being part of the digital world -producing a video clip here, web
updates there, and elsewhere an interactive infographic - are now regularly
doing it all, and what's more, they are deploying a lean, multi-skilled team,
rather than specialists, to do it.
But
what is the upshot of this seismic shift? On the one hand, it puts a vast array
of technological tools in the hands of journalists. At the same time, it puts a
question mark on the very notion of who is a journalist. With the Internet --
particularly social media -- democratising journalistic resources and
information, every networked citizen could potentially be a disseminator of
news content. If the supply pattern has changed, so has the consumption. News
reception is no longer collective -it is much more individualised. Besides,
thanks to mobile wireless technology, news content portability may even exceed
that of newspapers, as Denis Mc Quail says.
In
this scenario, some questions arise. With the amateurisation of news
production, whither journalistic accountability? When more and more content
ends up online for the consumption of an active minority, could the majority of
citizens be left the victims of a knowledge gap? What happens to public
opinion? Are the emerging media technologies changing the face of journalism? If
so, how? And where do the traditional news media stand in this changing
scenario?
These
and many more questions surrounding media convergence in journalism warrant
in-depth study and knowledge-sharing, so that, even as news production and
delivery models change, basic journalistic values are preserved. The department
of Journalism at M.O.P. Vaishnav College has taken a step in this direction through
a paper presentation seminar on various dimensions of new media and digital
journalism.
Implications and
Influences of New Media technologies on
Journalism
The
Seminar will involve research paper presentation by faculty from the department
of journalism/media/communication from various academic institutions in India.
The
Seminar calls for papers based on original, empirical research or with a heavy
focus on review of literature in any of the following areas:
1.
Traditional media Vs. New media
Ø Impact
Ø
News values
Ø Credibility
Ø Citizen
journalism Vs. professional journalism
Ø Agenda
setting- social media or traditional news media?
Ø Effective
platform for creating public opinion- Social media or traditional news media?
Ø Twitter
and social media as sources of news for traditional media
Ø Opportunity
and challenges of convergence for new s media
Ø Database
journalism
Ø Trends
in print and broadcast journalism
Ø Breaking
news or the complete story?
Ø Ethics
and broadcast journalism
Ø Censorship
and media
Ø Celebrity
journalism
Ø Technological
Determinism
Ø Technological
Acceptance
Ø Social
Shaping of Technology
Ø Uses
and Gratifications of new media for news
2.
New Media and Journalism
Ø New
media and new news values
Ø Media
richness of online news sites
Ø Freedom
of the Internet
Ø Fact
checking
Ø Global
News flows and new media
Ø Emergency
journalism
Ø New
media and Crisis coverage
Ø twitter
and social media as source of news for traditional media
Ø What
makes a story go viral?
Ø Opportunity
and challenges of convergence for news media
Ø New
media, new laws?
Ø New
media and ethics
Ø Weblog
journalism
Ø The
Virtual fandom and celebrity journalism
Ø Social
media and Opinionated journalism
Ø Social
media and news dissemination
Ø News
as open source content
Ø Digital
media and election coverage/election
campaign
Ø Mobile
story telling
Ø Social
data and journalism
Ø Digital
journalism
Ø Social
media - platform for establishing power or a platform for resistance?
Ø Instagram
as a platform for news
Ø Areas
of curriculum development - innovations in journalism education.
Abstracts
of not more than 250 words may be
submitted by September 30th, 2015. Full papers of abstracts approved,
between 3,000 and 4,000 words, may be
submitted by December 25, 2015.
Registration
fee: DD of Rs. 500 in favour of M.O.P. Vaishnav College for Women, Chennai.
CONTACT US
Email : newmediaseminar2015@gmail.com
Mobile phone:
Ms.
Nrithya Maria Andrews: 9176224452
Ms. Aarthi
Jayaram: 9962064489
Department of Journalism, M.O.P. Vaishnav College for
Women: 044-28330507 ext 402
Postal
mail: M.O.P. Vaishnav College for Women (Autonomous)
No. 20, IV
Lane, Nungambakkam High Road
Chennai-600
034
Visit our
website at www.mopvc.edu.in
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