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‘Science’ Reporting in the Mainstream Media: An Analytical Study
No full textThe laws of Nature are revealed to human beings through science. Technology involves the application of science to invent, innovate and improvise newer machines, products and services. So the role of science journalist is much required in the society. Science journalists must be able to inform their audiences about scientific efforts and results from different perspectives - political, economical and social. It is important that science journalists show how science actually works? That goes beyond just articles about interesting developments in science but includes also information about the organization and funding of scientific research, the entanglement with industry and other interest groups and the way scientific results are used. The issue of Science Reporting is worthy enough to get more attention. We as humans are considered as curious people, equipped with a lively sense of wonder. Important scientific and technological content should be properly reported in the media. What to do about climate change, how to organize human or robotic exploration of space, how to develop a sustainable national energy policy, how to treat the health potential offered by embryonic stem cells, and the like. The answers of such questions can be reported through Science Journalism. We are living in the age of Social Media. Every citizen of the country is promoting the concept of citizen journalism by expressing their views on different issues through social media. Face book and Twitter are very popular platform of information gathering and sharing. Most of the information or issues are related to social, political and entertainment but Science and Technology based stories are mostly not very well covered and presented by traditional media i.e. print or electronic media, not even in emerging social media. India is known as world’s third largest reservoir of technical and scientific manpower. The Department of Science and Technology (DST) of the Government of India looks after the policy planning and administrative details of the largest chain of national laboratories, still there is lack of science reporting in the media? Given the breadth of the subject, this paper will focus primarily on the mainstream news media, particularly newspaper/news channel coverage of science
Cyberfeminism: Women Constructing Spaces For Themselves Online
No full textCyberfeminism is the relationship between feminism and cyberspace that facilitates the expression and promotion of feminist thought to a wide range of people. Cyberfeminists believe in advocating equal rights and opportunities for women using the internet technology to propagate and spread their message. The advent of technology and especially the internet technology has given women an opportunity to come to the fore and speak for themselves. The expression of feminist thought, speaking the unspeakable and voicing the unheard is made possible by technology. Independent thoughts and self expression are what women are using cyberspace for. Being a target of male chauvinism, women face gender inequalities world over, in some way or the other. Internet gives an opportunity to the feminists to talk and share about any discrimination faced by them on the basis of gender with a view to bring it to everyone’s notice. Women, whether they are working or homemakers, are utilising the potential of internet to empower themselves and raise their voices against anything that is wrong and unjust. To gauge the role of social media platform in enabling women to voice their opinion and thereby creating an identity for themselves which is not just for the online medium but also applies offline, is the main objective of the research. For this, a critical analysis of the social media posts of women will be adopted so as to gain insight into what women are sharing and does this online activism has any implication on creating their offline identities. This research will help in knowing the effectiveness of social media in promoting female activism and creation of individual online and offline identities.
Microfinance: Effect of National Rural Livelihood Mission (NRLM) on NPAs
No full textAchieving balanced and inclusive economic growth is a key challenge faced by policy makers in countries around the world. Microfinance sector has responded to these challenges admirably in the last 20 years. Keeping in view the importance of microfinance, the Indian government has started taking initiatives and has launched various new schemes. National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) is proud to say that the Self Help Group – Bank Linkage Program, which is the largest microfinance program in the world, has touched 101 million households through 7.9 million SHGs. During the year 2015-16, the most enriching development is improved repayment and reduced non-performing assets (NPAs) in SHG-BLP. The savings of SHGs as on 31 March 2016 have reached all-time high of INR 13,691crore and the average savings outstanding per SHG increased by 21% during the year to INR 17,324 as on 31 March 2016 from INR 14,368 a year back. National Rural Livelihood Mission (NRLM) has pushed the SHG bank linkage with better results and lower rates of NPAs of microfinance and a sharpened focus on livelihood generation. The objective of the paper is to reveal the effects of NRLM on NPAs of microfinance. This paper has also focused on initiatives and analyzes the development of the programs regarding microfinance and the effect of increased coordination between NABARD and NRLM
Graduating with City Smart Infrastructure (Civil Engineering) –part I
No full textThe provision of quality living in a city is dependent upon the Utilities and amenities provisioned for the residents. Initial designing and implementation is the forte of body of engineers at the behest of administration, but a consistent upkeep is the responsibility of the residents collectively. Infact the quality of city is a collective responsibility of the team of residents that also includes the several functionaries responsible for the task. The utilities and provisions have been judiciously identified in this paper, by review of literature and research and the technology related provisions have been further analysed for ascertaining various requirements. Apart that critical initiatives required have been investigated, the main handicap is perceived to be lack of people competence (education) and culture (attitude). It is further resolved that the smart city initiatives would suffer a bottleneck in terms of the impending manpower shortage for which globally several degree programs have been initiated. A list of such programmes are presented, while a case is made for initiating such a programme.Keywords: “Quality Change” Quality Cities, Quality Living, Smart City CultureHow to cite this article: Bibra PT, Thareja M. Graduating with City Smart Infrastructure (Civil Engineering) –part I. J Adv Res Qual Control Mgmt 2017; 2(2): 19-34
Understanding the Factors of Small Business Failure in the Middle East
No full textThe Middle East is one of the richest regions in the world. Saudi Arabia has the largest oil reservoirs in the world, Qatar has the largest gas reservoir in the world, and Morocco has the largest reservoirs of phosphate. Tourism is a main source of national income for several countries in the Middle East. There are several historical and tourism locations. Egypt has one of the world’s best wonders: the pyramids. Syria and Jordan are famous for the old Phoenician architecture. Saudi Arabia receives more than 4 million religious tourists every year. Despite these facts, the Middle East has the largest unemployment rate in the world. This fact directs us to research small business performance in the Middle East. Small businesses are the main factor in the economic growth of a nation. Therefore, this review was prepared to investigate the causes of small businesses in the Middle East. The causes of small business failure are plenty and vary from one country to another. In order to initiate the work of small businesses, it is important to find out the reasons for failure in each country. Therefore, the research was implemented in the qualitative phenomenological approach. The results indicated that there are specific skills and knowledge required for the survival of small businesses. Some governments in the Middle East do not provide the required support for entrepreneurial initiation. This review is the starting point of a long journey to study the improvement of small businesses in the Middle East
A case study on Corporate Social Responsibility in NESTLE, TATA, ITC
No full textSince the times of the barter system to present era of plastic money, the mankind has stridden out long path. There is no doubt in this that “profitability” has always been the primary force and main motivation behind all this development. This motive actually increased cut throat competition between the business forms. Because of this competition, the companies stated exploiting the quality of product as well as the environmental concern. Slowly and gradually the business houses realized that they have to give back to the society because they are surviving because of the society only. This realization gives the birth to the concept of Corporate Social Responsibility. However, the companies started using this concept for brand building more than delivering it as a responsibility. The studies also revealed that the companies used the corporate social responsibility for enhancing their profit as well.This present study attempts to investigate about the core concept of corporate social responsibility (CSR), and finding out its scope taking the case study of the TATA Group, ITC and NESTLE.
Need of Online Workshops for Research Methodology: Perception study of Indian Ph.D. Research Scholars
No full textMain Objective of this study is to know the perception of Indian Research Scholars toward need of online workshops for research methodology. Total 25 research scholars surveyed for this study through online survey. Questionnaire was formed in Google form and sent to the research Scholar through Email. 5 research scholars from each region of the country (east, west, north, south and central) were took as sample for this study. Study reveals that most of the scholars think that online workshop can be better than traditional workshops for research methodology. Research Scholars thinks that they feel difficulty to find content online related to their research. They suggest that research scholars must empower with internet facility to do quality research
Role of Media in Strengthening Democracy in India
No full textSince 17th century, press is being recognized as Fourth Estate of democracy and a forum for public discussion and debate. Today, Media is respected as watchdog, as a guardian of the public interest.Media organizations are generally assumed to play an important role in democracies, but how effective are they in performing this function is a matter of study. The power of Media can be used to reinforce democracy. It can be used as an instrument tobridge between governors and the governed. This Paper aims to analysis two separate aspects of media performance: the extent to which they perform a ‘watchdog’ role by providing information, and the degree to which they act as a representative forum for the views of citizens. Through his research paper an attempt has been made to highlight the role of Media in strengthening democracy in India.The present study highlights the impact of media as a platform of nation building through political, social, economic and cultural democracy
Newspapers’ Presence on Social Media Uniting Divergent Media Technology Users
No full textWith the advancement of internet, the meaning of community is witnessing a change, and the customary print newspaper is facing a challenge of undergoing a transition with the immediate changes. Printnewspapers, especially in the western countries have seen a notable shifthowever; countries like China and India do not predict any instant threat for print newspapers as the numbers and circulation of print newspapers are still growing. Although print media is a flourishing business in India, newspaper organizations are embracing new technologies so as to continue as a significant entity in a rapidly altering environment. Print newspapers are keeping up with the technology based shifts in the global media and they are making use of social media to convert these changes into an opportunity.Many newspaper publishers have recoiled the online trend by taking up the new world of journalism and coming up in new ways to engage readers. The growth of social media through diverse tools such as Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, YouTube, WordPress, news websites, online newspapers and Mobile news apps etc. has engrossed large numbers of users to share content with each other. Social media is further prospective to appeal to the youth who can use multiple platforms to voice individual opinions. In times wherenumerous options to access news are availed, the coming of print newspapers on social media demonstrates an increasingly participatory and self-expressive attempt for the readers. By using case study method of research this paper discusses the current trends in newspaper industry and how social media can bring together the diverse users who have been using divergent media technologies to access news
Analysis of Working Capital of an Undertaking: A Case Study
No full textThis write up is an attempt by the researchers to find out the working capital analysis of the company. The researchers have used various parameters to assess and enumerate the position of the concern. It has been found that a balanced working capital results in sound functioning of the concern. The motive behind this research study is to provide various fertile suggestions for the company under study and also for all those companies running similar kind of business.