DailyPost 407 PARADISE PAPERS Had it not been for the digital age, the world would not have seen this humongous cache of documents. ’An almost perfect tale for the twenty-first century – the failure of democracy, the triumph of commercial power & greed, greed, greed.’ This is what Nick Davies, correspondent, Guardian has to say […]
DailyPost 396 A TWITTERATI WORLD? If Trump would ever be treated iconic for, it would be for his reckless use of Twitter, at all times, for all topics, as if the US govt. media machine has come to a standstill. Unadulterated as it is & damaging to the core to the Presidency & the nation,
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DailyPost 385 PUBLIC THINKERS, PUBLIC DOMAIN & PUBLIC LIFE Undeniably, all of us think, worthwhile or not is a different story. Societally useful would be for another day. Individual & cumulative societal thinking is really well manifested on the medium of the day; the social media and how much of it qualifies as a Public
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DailyPost 371 DO PUBLIC INTELLECTUALS MATTER? Public intellectuals as known genre is missing in this country. The intellectuals are referred to at times in TV & other debate. These belong to a creative class ; the writers & their ilk. Some of a different type get into activism get packaged by the nature of activism,
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DailyPost 353 ELECTRONIC MEDIA EXPERTS The mass invasion of electronic media changed the rules of the game. News formats of yesteryears became a thing of the past & brand new formats started tumbling down the electronic media giants stables. News became a game to be played 24/7 basis, entertaining enough to keep the audiences glued,
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DailyPost 350 WRITING IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN In a society where reading itself is a casualty, writing is never a favoured destination. The pre-packaged forwards & half baked ill conceived comments, have become the mainstay of the social media. Writing in the professional domain has no connects to the outside world. The use of Internet
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DailyPost 323 SOCIAL MEDIA & ACADEMICS From being declared the Time Magazine’s ‘Person of the Year’ in 2006, social media today dominates the way digital technology is used around the world. Academics is no exception. Wikipedia is redefining everyday knowledge. The technological lag between educators & available cutting edge mediums have long been there; films
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DailyPost 308 POST TRUTH AGE Paid News, Fake News & Alternative News Trump elections & Brexit marks the consolidation of the Post Truth age. Completely new manifestations of media, which was at best at the periphery, not acceptable to the mainstream, established itself. These are paid news, fake news & alternative news, though having distinct
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DailyPost 307 POST TRUTH / POST TRUTH POLITICS / POST TRUTH AGE With the onset of the Information Age based on data as the critical driving force in every field, the smokescreen created deliberately by vested interests was bound to disappear. Truth was expected to prevail & life would necessarily be dictated by facts. Today
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DailyPost 304 IS SOCIAL MEDIA KILLING CREATIVITY? Creativity is born & propelled in an ecosystem which provides for peace of mind, allows for companions of one’s choice & unperturbed time to be remain engaged. Generally, it takes roots pretty early in life, nearly at the same time, when the whole generation is getting hooked to
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DailyPost 303 A DEBATE ON THE DEBATES Discussions, deliberations, board meetings, senate meetings, conferences, congressional hearings, parliamentary proceedings and professional debates , for sure, depend on debating capabilities; to put forth your ideas or stand, on the issues and substantiate it with facts, indulge in cogent & effective summation and carry home the communication to
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