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 2010Suicide Reporting in Two Bangalore ewspapersK.PadmakumarAssistant ProfessorManipal Institute of Communicati<strong>on</strong>Manipal UniversityManipalKarnatakaMridhula BenjaminPost Graduate Student (MS)Manipal Institute of Communicati<strong>on</strong>Manipal UniversityManipalKarnatakaAbstractThis paper examines the misrepresentati<strong>on</strong> of suicides in the media with reference to invasi<strong>on</strong> of privacy. <strong>Indian</strong> media have not beensensitive to the ethical implicati<strong>on</strong>s of careless <strong>and</strong> sensati<strong>on</strong>al attempts to deal with the rising number of suicides. This studyexamines how suicides are reported in two popular newspapers of Bangalore – Times of India <strong>and</strong> Deccan Herald. with a view toidentify areas in which the reporting of suicides can be improved.Dept. of Journalism <strong>and</strong> Mass Communicati<strong>on</strong>, Periyar University, Salem
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