UNI journalist M S Pagar is no more

My senior colleague in UNI, Mr. Manhoar Shravan Pagar, passed away due brain haemorrhage at his residence in Pune's Patrakar Nagar. He was 85. He is survived by wife, a daughter-in-law, three daughters and grandchildren.

A son of a villager in Pimpalner, in Dhule district of Maharashtra, he had joined Signal Corps, of the Indian Army. He took premature retirement from the Corps and joined United News of India in Mumbai when the agency was in its infancy in the mid-1960s. He was assigned to set up its Bureau in Pune.

He was my boss when I was transferred from Mumbai to Pune as my first reporting assignment. "MS" as he was known among colleagues helped me and stringers to cover the city and sports.

His story based on a historian's academic lecture on the Mahabharata's war had been featured by most of the 300 newspaper subscribers of the news agency. He presented the story based on the research of a historian and was lapped by the subscriber newspapers because of the angle he had chosen for the simple lead of the story: Was Mahabharata a fact of fiction?

I fondly remembered him for the encouragement he gave to me as the bureau manager at a time when senior journalists elsewhere in other establishments would try to discourage the youngsters.

MS specialised in the coverage of Pune race course. I had experienced it several times when sub-editors in English newspaper would wait for his race stories reaching them through the UNI teleprinters. 

MS worked in UNI's offices in Mumbai, Shimla, Kolhapur and Jabalpur besides Pune.

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IGNOU plans a Diploma in Communication Research Methodology

Following from Dr. Usha Chander forwarded to you for help to her:

Greetings from the School of Journalism & New Media Studies (SOJNMS), IGNOU.

We are happy to inform you that we propose to develop and offer a Diploma Programme in Communication Research Methodology. In this regard as per the procedure, we are conducting a 'Need Assessment Study'.

The proposed Programme is primarily aimed at the capacity (skills) building of working professionals in the Media & Entertainment (M&E) sector as well as those in the development sector. 

We are keen to have inputs from experts like you at every stage of development of the programme.  Kindly spare some of your valuable time to fill in the Questionnaire designed for the same at the following link:

https://goo.gl/forms/EON4NtCbY8EmD8Lf2. 

I shall be extremely grateful if you could kindly provide me with the email IDs of some of your contacts to whom I can send the Q're or forward the link to more media persons in your contact list and oblige. 

Looking forward to your kind cooperation and involvement in the Programme.

Thanking you,

yours truly,

Dr.Usha Chandar

R.O., SOJNMS, IGNOU

New issue of Amity Journal of Media and Communication Studies

Following from Prof. Manish Verma,  about the contents of the new issue of Amity Journal of Media and Communication Studies (Vol 7 No 1) is out.  You can access the issue from our website and official blog:  http://amity.edu/jaipur/asco-journal/Current-Issues.aspx https://ajmcs.blogspot.in/p/current-issue.html Nithin Kalorth Assistant Editor Table of Contents Failure of Dalit Renaissance: A semiotic analysis of Dalit and Non Dalit films P. Viduthalai, A. K. Divakar and Dr. V. Natarajan

Impact of Using Celebrities in Advertisement: A Case Study of Dakshina Kannada District Dr. Hampesh K.S

Gender, Sexuality and (Be) longing: The Representation of Queer (LGBT) in Hindi Cinema Pushpinder Kaur

Use of Multimedia (ICT) as a Educational Tool in High School Education- A Study Francis Xavier Mark Francis and Dr. SM Malgatti

Implementation of E-POS and Aadhaar Enabled Fertilizer Distribution System; A Case Study of Rangareddy District, Telangana State Pandiri Harsha Bhargavi

Analyzing Imtiaz Ali as an Auteur Kanika Kachroo Arya

Television as a Medium for Social Upliftment: A Case Study from the Tribal District of Jhabua in MP in India Nidhi Jain

An analysis on Torture King 23rd Pulikesi – A Political satire film S.Yamunai Selvan and Dr.P.Govindaraju

Books on Public Relations by C K Sardana

Following are books on Public Relations by C K Sardana:

For details, please contact casardana@gmail.com

THE CHALLENGE OF PUBLIC RELATIONS by C K Sardana, 1995, Second and Revised Edn. 2013, New Delhi, Har-Anand Publications Pvt. Ltd.

APPLIED PUBLIC RELATIONS IN THE INDIAN CONTEXT edited by C K Sardana, 1999, New Delhi, Har-Anand Publications Pvt. Ltd.

JANSANCHAR - KAL, AAJ AUR KAL, By C K Sardana & K S Mehta, Delhi, Gyan Ganga. Awarded as the outstanding book on Mass Communication in Hindi by Sahitya Academy.

THE CHALLENGE OF PUBLIC RELATIONS by C K Sardana,. Kannada Edition published by Institute of Media Studies & Research, Bengaluru, 2016.

Jansamvaad -- Kal, Aaj aur Kal by C K Sardana Marathi Edn. published by Uruwela Prakashan, Hingoli (Maharashtra), 2016

HANDBOOK OF COMMUNICATION RESEARCH

I missed the mention of Prof. Dr Devsh Kishore's book in my emails on March 30 and 31, 2017. This is an important textbook on Communication Research authored by a veteran with Indian perspective, published by  Makhanlal Chaturvedi National University of Journalism and Communication.

Please have a look at the table of contents and  if interested in the purchase of a copy contact:

Makhanlal Chaturvedi National University of Journalism and Communication
B-38 Vikas Bhavan, Press Complex, Zone 1, MP Nagar
Bhopal 462011
Phone: 0755-2554904
e-mail: publication.mcu@gmail.com
Website: http://www.mcu.ac.in/

HANDBOOK OF COMMUNICATION RESEARCH

Contents	PAGES
Chapter – I     Introduction to communication research Learning objectives; Concept and definition of research; Criteria for good research; Process of research: Basic steps in research process.;  Approaches to research problem; Understanding difference between quantitative and qualitative approach to research;  The quantitative approach: Scientific / hypothetic – Deductive methods;  Experimental design; Exploring a population; The qualitative approach: reliability in qualitative studies; Ethnography;  Phenomenology; Mixed Methodology; Perspectives and strategies; Challenges in mixed approach; Scope and objectives of research in Journalism & Communication; Areas of Communication Research: Communicator / Source analysis, message analysis, channel analysis, audience analysis; reach and accessibility;  process, effect and impact research; Summary; Key words; Questions; Further readings.	1 – 28
Chapter – II Types of Research & Design Learning objectives; Basic and applied research; Research design; Advantages and limitations of research design; Types of research designs; Experimental: Ex Post facto, Panel studies & Quasi-experimental, Descriptive, Exploratory, Longitudinal –historical studies, Simulation studies: steps; Summary; Key words; Questions; Further readings	29 – 43
Chapter – III Formulation of research problem Learning objectives; finding the research question; development of research problem; selection of research problem; defining the research problem; deciding the research topic; finalising the title of the research topic; developing objectives; defining the concepts and technical words; developing hypothesis; Defining hypothesis, types of hypothesis and methods of hypothesis – testing; Identification of variables: Dependent and independent variable; Summary; Key words; Questions; Further readings.	44 - 57
Chapter – IV Research Methods Learning objectives; meaning; concept; need; approaches to communication research: Historical, Experimental and Anthropological; Types of research methods: Census, Case study, Content analysis, Focused group studies, survey, observation, interviews; research tools : schedule, questionnaire; differences  between schedule and questionnaire; activities associated with field work and pre-field work; Summary; Key words; Questions; Further readings.	58 – 105
Chapter V – Sampling Learning objectives; meaning, definition; advantages; types; Probabilistic sampling and non – probabilistic sampling; Random sampling; Stratified sampling; Quota sampling; Multistage sampling; Convenient sampling; Purposive sampling; Handpicked sampling; Volunteer sampling; steps in selecting sample units from universe; formulation of source list or sample frame; optimizing the size of sampling; problems of a representative sample; sampling biases; sampling error; Summary; Key words; Questions; Further readings.	106 - 132
Chapter VI – Source and methods of data collection Learning objectives; Sources of data collection; library search; internet search; methods for data collection: coding, classification, tabulation; Quality control and minimising errors in recording source data; Summary; Key words; Questions; Further readings.	133 - 152
Chapter VII – Data Analysis and Interpretation Learning objectives; Statistics applied in communication research: Frequencies, Percentages, Measures of Central tendency: Mean, median and mode; Measures of Dispersion: Range, standard deviation; Measures of Association: Rank order correlation and product moment correlation; Statistical analysis: Distribution and its significance, Bi-variate analysis, Multivariate analysis; Tests of significance: ‘t’-test, ‘F’- test, Chi-square test,  X2 test.  Software package for data analysis SPSS – Statistical Package for Social Sciences, Salient feathers of SPSS, Basic steps in data analysis, Statistical procedure, Modules, Summary; Key words; Questions; Further readings.	153 - 225
Chapter VIII – Mass Media Research Learning objectives; Introduction; Research in Print Media; Research in Electronic Media; Research in Advertising and Public Relations; Summary; Key words; Questions; Further readings. Chapter IX – Significance of developing and Standardizing Scales in Research Learning objectives; Development of Scale in Communication Research; Difficulties of scaling; Scales used in communication research; Point scale, socials distance scales; Socio-metric measurement; Socio-economic status scale; Social status scale; Attitude Scale; Readership survey; Television audience measurement and television rating; public opinion pole; pre-election and exit pole; ; Summary; Key words; Questions; Further readings.	226 - 241 242 – 264
Chapter X – Writing the research report Learning objectives; The art of report writing; sequence of events in report  writing; solving the communication problem; readability; correctness; charts; graphs; preparing the synopsis; research proposal; format for preparing a research proposal; research article; formats of research report; format of dissertation; format of thesis; documentation; footnotes; reference; index; bibliography; appendices; Summary; Key words; Questions; Further readings.	265 – 289
Chapter XI – Research Ethics Learning objectives; Codes of ethics; ethical principles to be followed; plagiarism; Summary; Key words; Questions; Further readings. References --	290 – 299

ground-zero-indepth-reportage from The Hindu

Our dear journalist colleague Joe Pinto has responded to my appeal to let us know about a good story that can be considered under the slot of Development Communication. Have a look

"http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/ground-zero-indepth-reportage-from-the-hindu/article17003837.ece

"ALL, ie, each & every one, of the stories in this "Ground Zero" series of long-form journalism, published in The Hindu, are suitable examples for study in "Development Communication" classes."

This email is in response to your appeal on your blog."

http://mediasceneindia.blogspot.in/2017/03/requesting-journalism-teachers-and.html

Thanks, Joe!

Reporting from Jail

I am delighted to inform you about the launch of another book by Delhi-based journalist and journalism teacher. The author,
Dr. Vartika Nanda, has penned this book after a thorough investigation in the wake of her study on prison reforms. The book, Tinka Tinka Dasna,  deals with human rights, prisons and the media.

She has been working on prison reforms for the last few years. Dasna is a prison in Uttar Pradesh. ders. Written after intensive research and hard work, the book is one of its kind, narrating stories of those who are redefining  themselves while serving imprisonment. This book is an authentic media and literary report on jails trying to create space behind bars for the enlightenment and creativity of the inmates.  The book, split in nine parts, is a reportage which contains a journalist, a narrator, a plot, a poem and a truth.

Another salient feature of this book is the poems composed by two prisoners who are household names and convicts in the infamous AarushiTalwar murder case. Rajesh and NupurTalwar in their poems have penned their experiences, which has so far been turbulent. The English version of this book has been translated by NupurTalwar. 

Her earlier book, Tinka Tinka Tihar, is already in the Limca Book of Records.

The book is available on Amazon.

AMAZON HINDI

http://www.amazon.in/Tinka-Dasna-Hindi-Vartika-Nanda/dp/9352657292/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1474291751&sr=8-1&keywords=TINKA+TINKA+DASNA

AMAZON ENGLISH

http://www.amazon.in/Tinka-Dasna-English-Vartika-Nanda/dp/9352657306/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1474297264&sr=8-2&keywords=TINKA+TINKA+DASNA