The objective of the National Conference, is to update the academic community in general and journalism/media students in particular, with regard to the issues connected to the ethics of media and its social responsibility. The topic has become all the more relevant in the light of the misuse of the New Media – especially social networking sites – by vested interests to arouse communal passions, fear, anger, and to spread rumours and misinformation among vulnerable sections of Indian society.
JMF invites papers to be presented in the proposed National Conference. The topics of presentations could be based on the five broad categories of themes mentioned, or could be chosen from the sub-topics listed below:
Five broad-based topics:
1. Ethics and social responsibilities related to New Media.
2. Ethical dimensions in advertising (With reference to India)
3. Existence and validity of universal ethical norms (Suggested as the first session)
4. Dimensions of media responsibility: neutrality, self restraint, objectivity, exaggeration and sensationalism with reference to Print, Radio, TV and Web Journalism.
5. The social responsibility of media with regard to the marginalised and the oppressed.
Sub-topics:
Sub-topics
Ethical/moral foundations of Media (Press)
The fundamental norm of truthfulness: Its ethical justification and universality.
The existence and validity of universal ethical norms.
The media and a pluralistic Indian society: an ethical approach.
Media ethics as the basis of Indian democracy.
Ethics and Mass media culture.
Ethics and Social responsibility of media professionals.
Ethics and social responsibility of media consumers/audience.
Ethical dimensions of Ads in India.
Ethical dimensions of Indian electronic media.
Ethics and New Media
Social responsibility and Media Self-regulations: success or failure?
Social responsibility of New Media.
Social networking and Social responsibility.
Environment and Social responsibility of Media.
Social responsibility of media and corruption.
Breaking news at any cost: Ethics of news reporting.
Women and Social responsibility of media.
Media business and Social responsibility.
The centrifugal effect of media and Social responsibility.
Audience fragmentation and Social responsibility.
Community radio and Social responsibility.
Economic development and Social responsibility of media.
Internal security and Social responsibility of media.
The marginalized, the oppressed and Social responsibility of media.
Trafficking in women, in children and Social responsibility of media.
Social responsibility of the film industry
The need for a socially responsible alternative media.
Parameters of papers:
Maximum words: 1500 (with footnotes and relevant bibliography following the Chicago Manual of Style)
The paper should contain an abstract.
Please send a broad outline of your paper along with an abstract on or before 15 November 2012.
The paper will be vetted by a panel of experts before its acceptance and you will be informed about it.
Kindly provide your CV along with e-mail ID and cell number.
If your paper is accepted you will be provided TA as per the UGC regulation besides local hospitality, if needed.
JMF intends to publish the papers and it will have the full copyright on the said paper.
Contact us:
Chairperson, JMF National Conference
PG Department of Mass Communication
St. Joseph’s College (Autonomous)
P.B 27094, 36 Lalbagh Road,
Bangalore – 560 027
E-mail ID: jmfsjc@gmail.com
Cell: +91 9964781123
