Adopting upcoming technologies and focus on true news items that could attract the young generation would help save print media in future,according to Harivansh , vice chairman of Rajya Sabha here today .
He was addressing a seminar organized by Dhanbad Press Club in cooperation with the IIT- ISM and BBMKU at IIT premises here today on past, present and future of journalism.
The challenge is of "credabity" that has been raised by the new generation due to thousands of informations flashed on social and digitalmedia platforms that the young generation is receiving and even believing them even thought all are not true.
The new technogy has captured the minds of the new generation . The print media has to fight that mindset with same technology added with credibility to change the mindset and habits, said Harivansh.
One however would have to return to slow thinking process, he added.
He quotes several personifies like Allen Mask ,Mahatma Gandhi besides several international journlist .
He also have replies to queries of journlist during the interactive session.
IIT director Prof Rajeev Shekher , Dhanbad MP PN Singh, prof M Pandey of BBMKU and prof Rajni Singh of IIT also spoke on this occasion . BJP leaders Raj Sinha ,Ramesh Rahi ,CS Agarwal besides others too were present