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 2010Sessi<strong>on</strong> 3A4.30 pm – 5.30 pmSuicides, Crime <strong>and</strong> <strong>Media</strong> EthicsThe Social C<strong>on</strong>structi<strong>on</strong> of Crime ews in Tamil ewspapersS ArulselvanAssociate Professor <strong>and</strong> HeadCentre for Electr<strong>on</strong>ic <strong>Media</strong>P<strong>on</strong>dicherry UniversityPuducherryAbstractA review of literature <strong>on</strong> the social c<strong>on</strong>structi<strong>on</strong> of crime news dem<strong>on</strong>strates that media commodifies the crime news <strong>and</strong> shapes it inaccordance with the dominant ideology. By restricting the terms of discussi<strong>on</strong>, the news media facilitate the marginalisati<strong>on</strong> ofcompeting views regarding crime <strong>and</strong> its soluti<strong>on</strong>. In the light of the above review, the present study makes an attempt to underst<strong>and</strong>the c<strong>on</strong>structi<strong>on</strong> of crime news in Tamil society, through a qualitative analysis of the coverage given by two popular TamilNewspapers <strong>on</strong> the recent kidnapping <strong>and</strong> murder of two school children in Coimbatore.Dept. of Journalism <strong>and</strong> Mass Communicati<strong>on</strong>, Periyar University, Salem
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