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 2010Comm<strong>on</strong>wealth Games 2010 <strong>and</strong> <strong>Indian</strong> <strong>Media</strong>: An <strong>Ethical</strong> PerspectiveS.An<strong>and</strong> Lenin VethanayagamAssociate ProfessorCentre for Electr<strong>on</strong>ic <strong>Media</strong>P<strong>on</strong>dicherry UniversityPuducherryF.S.R.HemalathaResearch Scholar (PhD)Karunya UniversityCoimbatoreAbstractIndia took pride by hosting the 2010 Comm<strong>on</strong>wealth Games. However, the events leading to the games were mired in corrupti<strong>on</strong>charges of unprecedented nature <strong>and</strong> wide coverage of the same in <strong>Indian</strong> media. This examines the role of media in their coverage ofthe 2010 Comm<strong>on</strong>wealth Games from an ethical perspective.Dept. of Journalism <strong>and</strong> Mass Communicati<strong>on</strong>, Periyar University, Salem