The sociologist, Dipankar Gupta, in Mail Today: “Though there are many who would find fault with the way the electronic media covered the bloodshed in Bombay, it is also a fact that they heightened citizen anger against politicians of all hues. When the ordinary viewer saw the vulnerability of the unprotected citizen against the Z-level…
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‘At least tabloids connect with our little lives’
Dipankar Gupta, professor in sociology at Jawaharlal Nehru University, in Mail Today: “I would rather go for low-brow tabloids any day. At least they address matters that concern us and connect with our little lives…. “The popular press and the media, in general, are blamed for wallowing in sensationalism and pandering to gross readership and…
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