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Kerala Media History

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History of Media in Kerala Malayalam journalism is only 163 years old. ‘Rajya samacharam’ started in June 1847 was the first published journal from Kerala. This was a publication of the Christian missionaries. In 1864 ‘Paschima Tharaka’ (Western star) started from Kochi. In the last decades of 19th century so many Malayalam dailies were started – Keralan (1866), Sandishtavadi (1867), Travancore Herald (1867), Keralopakari (1874), Sathyanada Kahalam (1876) Malayala Mithram (1878), Travancore Abhimani (1878), Kerala Deepakam (1878), Kerala Chandrika (1879), Kerala Mithram (1881), Kerala Pathrika (1884), Nazarani Deepika (1887), Malayala Manorama (1890) etc. (Vilanilam 1998). In 1865 Devji Bhimiji started ‘Kerala Mithram Press’ at Kochi.. On January 1, 1881 a …show more content…

Basically T.V. is an entertainment media. Now newspapers also have started giving more importance to entertainment. Then also the news angle is ignored to a great extent. Film, sex, crime, beauty contest stories receive greater importance. The social responsibilities of the newspapers are not fulfilled. The media have the power of opinion creation in any society. But here we see the media advocating undesirable attitudes. Even the newspaper layout and display are influenced by the television. “The competition between television and newspapers is aggressive today. There is a T.V. touch in each newspaper. Fair and balanced reporting is vanished” (Dr. N. Padmanabhan 2011). Media activism is another trend which we can see in the Kerala newspaper arena. Like Judicial Activism, this can also be harmful to the progress of society. The privacy of the individual must not be ignored. Decency must be considered, and each and every media activity must be based on public interest. Both the ends and means must be pure. False news must not be reported. In short, the media must obey certain norms and principles. The sense of ethics must be upheld at any

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