Coverage of Development News in Print Media

Abstract

Journalism has always thrived on the spirit of bringing positive change amongst the populace. Ever since it's advent, it has been regarded as agent of change and development. The mission and zeal with which many
newspapers began their journey in the pre-independence era dried up with time. Strong inkling for profit, huge capital and evolved ownership patterns were the factors responsible which changed the newspaper content. The researchers have tried to analyze the content of e-papers of four highly read newspapers. The sample has been collected for a period of 45 days and analysis has been done. The results hints that the orientation of the English newspapers towards the development issues is more in comparison to Hindi newspapers. The research also throws light on the development issues being given most prominence and the areas of development which are highly neglected by the mainstream print media.