Lecture on New Media

New Media is the future of coming years. It will dominate all other media. New Media is a cheap source of communication along with global reachness. These are the opinion of Balendu Sharma Dadhich, Editor, prabhasakshi.com-a well reached and reputed Hindi web portal.

Focussing on the growing importance of New Media Dadhich says Bolgging is a cheap and easy mean of communication.

"Although it (bloging trend) grown rapidily in the last decade of the past century but in India it has witnessed a tremdious growrth only after 2003", Dadhich said while delivering a lecture on New Media organised at the Department of Journalism, Makhanlal Chaturvedi National University of Journalism & Communication,Bhopal.

Balendu Sharma Dadhich while Delivering Lecture at the Department

"Relibality of content is a serious matter for all Internet users. There are some portals and sites which are of public nature and which are widely popular among net users but all contents are not reliable", he further added.

Later, Dadhich answered the questions posed by young Media students.

He is a well known name in web world and has authoured some books.

Balendu is a reciptant of coveted 'Most Valuable Professional 2007' award from Microsoft.

‘Media Should Avoid Loaded Language’:Coughlin

Mainstream journalists play a major role in the protection and maintenance of communal harmony in a multicultural society. Media should avoid the culturally loaded language. These are the opinion of Kathryn M Coughlin, President, Global Research Group, a US-based think-tank on the Islamic World.

“Generally, media don’t give proper coverage for peaceful news. Instead it gives more coverage to the news related with violence and communal disharmony”, Kathryn said while delivering a lecture on “Mutual Sharing in Multicultural Democracy” on Friday in city. The lecture was organized by Department of Journalism, Makhanlal Chaturvedi National University of Journalism & Communication, Bhopal. Citing the examples of Danish Cartoon controversy and Macedonian election coverage in the media, Coughlin said that media didn’t followed ethical values while reporting these happenings.


“The election coverage of Macedonia by media was just like a civil war reporting and amazingly peace march of Baghdad on prophet cartoon controversy was not news worthy for The New York Times or The Washington Post”, she mentioned.

Meanwhile, emphasizing the religious dissonance in the contemporary society, the US citizen mentioned that “politicians are also responsible for communal division of the society at some extent”.

“They merely talk about communal division because it is hard for them to talk on bigger issues like development, health and education”, she added.

Warning the people regarding the role played by media, Coughlin further said that media can even misguide people on some wider issues.

The American Center Mumbai cultural affairs specialist Tasneem Kalsekar was also present on the occasion.

A large number of students were present in the function and they were asking some relevant questions to Coughlin.

Lecture by Kathryn M Coughlin

Kathryn M Coughlin, President, Global Research Group, a US-based think-tank on the Islamic World will give a lecture on "Mutual Sharing in Multicultural Democracy" on February 08, 2008 at 11:00 AM in the Department of Journalism.

Special Exam. for Old Students

The Makhanlal Chaturvedi National University of journalism & Communication, Bhopal is organizing a Special Examination for old students. Those who have appeared in the final semester exam of university but are not cleared in one or two papers of any other previous semester can take this opportunity as a golden chance.

The examinaton would be organised in the month of June-2008.

Last date for application: March 15, 2008.

For detailed information and application form, please visit the University site
mcu.ac.in