National Conference on Ethical Issues and Indian Media
National Conference on Ethical Issues and Indian Media
National Conference on Ethical Issues and Indian Media
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ati<strong>on</strong>al <str<strong>on</strong>g>C<strong>on</strong>ference</str<strong>on</strong>g> <strong>on</strong> <strong>Ethical</strong> <strong>Issues</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>Indian</strong> <strong>Media</strong> <strong>on</strong> ovember 26, 27 2010<strong>Ethical</strong> <strong>Issues</strong> in Online JournalismG.Suresh KumarResearch Scholar (MPhil)Dept. of Communicati<strong>on</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>Media</strong> StudiesBharathiar UniversityCoimbatoreM.Sri HariAssistant ProfessorDept. of Communicati<strong>on</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>Media</strong> StudiesBharathiar UniversityCoimbatoreAbstractThis paper examines the ethical issues in <strong>Indian</strong> <strong>on</strong>line newspapers with a view to uncover the eroding distincti<strong>on</strong> between news <strong>and</strong>advertisements. The paper also examines the role of hypertexts <strong>and</strong> inaccuracy in <strong>on</strong>line journalism. Three newspapers (The Hindu,Deccan Chr<strong>on</strong>icle <strong>and</strong> Times of India) are studied through c<strong>on</strong>tent analysis.Dept. of Journalism <strong>and</strong> Mass Communicati<strong>on</strong>, Periyar University, Salem