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SOCIAL NETWORKING SITE: AN EFFECTIVE TOOL FOR SECOND GENERATION E-GOVERNANCE
Full text linkThe emerging technological development in information and communication technology has opened a new gateway for the virtual form of communication in form of social networking sites. Now, there are a variety of online social media applications to enable communication between people, groups. The increasing popularity of these networking sites among all class of society has compelled to the government to think about use of this kind of model for providing SMART E-governance.The first phase of e-governance was merely intend towards web presence of public institutions and dissemination of information but with the passage of the time the expatiations of people from Government are keep changing and becoming more demanding in order to seek second phase of egovernance to get - on line-real time delivery of administration. The present paper makes an attempt to explore the relevance of social networking sites as an effective tool for e-governance in India.The paper seeks to provide a solution where by network sites could be used for solving various social and economical problems seen in Government machinery. The paper is descriptive in nature and would be helpful to the Government as well as people to insure second generation e-governance
FROM CHOUPALS TO ONLINE CHOUPALS
Full text linkOn May 18, 2012, Facebook, Inc. Launched its IPO. The frenzy of pre-launch had peaked and it met with an astounding investor’s response. Marketers coined it as ‘Cultural Touchdown’ implicating that a company of this nature was being received like emperors by the investors. Indeed, there was a paradigm shift witnessed on this launch. But then the stock lost over a quarter of its value in less than a month and went on to less than half its IPO value in three months. What had gone wrong?!!In India, the majority of population lives in rural areas (we have an astounding 6,28,000 villages in our country). Their cultural ‘adda’ where the society meets and interacts are the village choupals. The social networking sites are also doing the same purpose – just online. We could very well refer to them as online-choupals where the youth meet, interact, put forward their opinions and discuss issues relevant to them in particular or the country in general
GLOBALISATION AND HIGHER EDUCATION THREAT OR OPPORTUNITY
Full text linkIndia has successfully created one of the leading higher education systems in the world. It has proved its worth in this arena also. Eminence of many top institutions is recognized to be analogues to the best in the world. However, Indian education system faces problems from the issues that keep originating from disparities and developmental practices adopted. As a result of which even after all the remarkable development in the areas of Information Technology, space science, nuclear technology, oil exploration, industrial production etc., India is still not able to eradicate its problems of poverty, ignorance and underdevelopment completely and successfully due to various reasons.Nearly one-fourth of the population is still below poverty line; onethird are illiterate and disparities amongst rich-poor, urban-rural, educateduneducated are high, which are posing hindrances in the developmental phenomena. Now as the country has opened its door to the foreign contributors in the fields like education, the country has to face challenges of globalization and pressures of liberalization while continuing its fight against poverty, illiteracy and disadvantages to upgrade its stature from developing to a developed economy. Keeping the above in view, present paper deliberates the impact of globalisation on higher education with the analysis of the opportunities and threats
SOCIAL MEDIA AND AWARENESS IN GLOBAL SOCIETY
Full text linkSocial media has been defined as “a group of internet- based applications that allow the creation and exchange the user-generated content, ‘Furthermore, social media depends on mobile and web-based technologies to create highly interactive platform through which individuals and communities share, co-create, discuss, and modify user-generated content. It introduces substantial and pervasive changes to communication between organizations, communities and individual’’.To appreciate the significance of those statement above one needs to take a quick look at a certain set of reasonably well-authenticated statistics relating to internet usage and penetration that pertain to June 2012. If one compares these numbers with a similar set of figures pertaining to the situation that prevailed twelve years earlier at the beginning of the new millennium, internet use globally has grown by over 560 per cent in this period. Still, the penetration of the internet in the total population of the world is just over 30 per cent; in other words, two out of three individuals on the planet still have not used the internet, leave alone benefit from it
A SCENARIO OF MEDIA AWARENESS FOR SOCIAL NETWORKING
Full text linkThe term media is derived from Medium, which means carrier or mode. Media denotes an item specifically designed to reach a large audience or viewers. The term was first used with the advent of newspapers and magazines. However, with the passage of time, the term broadened by the inventions of radio, TV, cinemas and Internet. Tools for social networking and social awareness are developing rapidly and evolving continuously. They are gaining popularity in a growing number of professional as well as personal activities, including scholarly research. There are social awareness tools for science researchers that facilitate collaboration, help manage references, and offer options for presenting findings in new ways.This paper discusses those tools. Evaluating and understanding their functionalities requires effort, and scientists can be reluctant to invest the necessary time to learn to use and populate them on their own. This suggests that an important role for librarians is to evaluate the many social awareness tools available, to recommend the ones that are best suited to each researcher's needs, and to help researchers use those tools effectively.In the world of today, media has become almost as necessary as food and clothing. It is true that media is playing an outstanding role in strengthening the society. Its duty is to inform, educate and entertain the people. It helps us to know current situation around the world. The media has a strong social and cultural impact upon society. Because of its inherent ability to reach large number of public, it is widely used to convey message to build public opinion and awareness
ROLE OF MEDIA IN SOCIAL AWARENESS (A Review Study)
No full textIn the world of today the need of media is required as like the breath of society. It play the role of mirror in the society media like newspapers, radio and television play the role of acting as a bridge between the government and the people. As an example- The government decides that the prices of petrol and diesel will either be increased or decreased. That decision needs to be conveyed to the people. This is done by the media.The media not only aware the people about it but also explain the effect of that decision taken by the government on the people. media, gives it impact to people’s attitudes and habits, For example- various diseases like HIV/AIDS Many of us think that by touching people suffering from these diseases would be infected
ROLE OF MASS MEDIA IN SOCIAL AWARENESS
Full text linkSocial awareness means that you should know what is socially acceptable from you in society and you should act in that manner. Mass media has a prominent role to play in modern society. It can bring about radical changes and improve social situation as it influences our social, civil, cultural, political, economic and aesthetic outlook.Modernization has converted media into an indispensable feature of human activity. However, factors like age, education, economic condition, personal needs and availability of proper components decide the quantum and frequency of media use. This is evident from the fact that most media centres are located in urban areas. The majority of consumers of media products are also concentrated in and around cities and towns