School of Media and Communication of Jagran lakecity University organised a two-day International Conference on the topic “People, Politics and Media,” here on April 25 and 26.
The first day of the conference was inaugurated lightning the traditional lamp and distribution of souvenirs by the honourable chief guest and the co-founder of the hoot.org Sevanti Ninan — a media critic — shared as “Media is a factor that cannot be ignored in Politics.”She further discussed the current trends in politics and media, “Media only focusses on the narrow aspect of any information rather than portraying the wider space of the topic in front of the people.”
JlU’s vice-chancellor Anoop Swarup and chief executive officer Abhishek Mohan Gupta also addressed the gathering and congratulated the School of Media and Communication, “Media and politics can do wonders if come together.” Sanjay Ranade, conference director and convener Neeraj Khattri also addressed the audience.
The conference was attended by 100 delegates and paper presenters who came from across the world. Six technical sessions were held based on the sub-themes — politics and the media, the State versus the new media, role of media in conflict, new media and democracy, media ethics versus political ethics and media ownership and politicisation and corporation and cinema, society and politics.
The day two of ICPPM started with open forum on the topic ‘Ethics and media’. The forum was moderated by Prof Karunakar Jha and was chaired by the national news editor of Bhaskar Group Abhilash Khandekar. The participants of the forum included Sharad Dwivedi (news editor of Bansal News), Brajesh Rajput (State bureau chief of ABP News), Mrigendra Singh (Editor, Danik Jagran Bhopal), Yogendra Srivastava (assistant professor at School of law, Jagran lakecity University), Deepak Tiwari and Virbala Aggarwal.