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Media and Society

By- Yati Hankar

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The first question that rises is what is media? and in this world
wherever we see we find media. be it our phone, news paper, Tv, it is all the source of media, involvement of media on our daily life is done on a daily basis, it has now become a big part of virtual world as well as a big part of our lives, media has alwyas been a source of communication and a source which strengthen or weakened a country, if a media of a nation is weak, there will be very few chances for people to raise their voice against the wrong doing of the system, in many case freedom of expression is violated. where on the other hand if the media of a country is strong enough to stand by the people, the people will have the maximum authority over the country. the importance of media in today’s life is very much as we are awared about causes, addressed about happenings and assured about tensions, the media of a state works as the eye of the public, it always judges on things that is going on in and around the ststem and confronts the system to take account and define their actions. from the very early time media have been a great influence on the people it stands like a mirror and molds a society and so media can be used in various sections and thus, to define the capability of media industry is to put limit into it, today media is not only about breaking news, today at this age media is also used in promting products schemes and many other plans, media is used as a platform of political agendas, where it growing ages gradually media too has it own cons, which for a fact is actually affecting on people’s perspective, media people’s insincerity with their ethics is affecting the precievers negatively as media also has the power to influence people’s perception. and as it is very commonly stated that with great powers comes great responsibility , maybe at this younger generation media has not stood very honestly with it’s ethics like before, as in today’s most people have lost faith with media, for some the mainstream media have become nothing but a barren land of exaggeration and fake news, as till this date the future is not yet clear about the media industry it is a given that i had done a lot of gaslighting during crisis in country like india, by communalising every situation, now the mainstream media will need to look at the broader side of the story and think of making a bigger , cleaner and a little more obedient with ethic kind of industry but the real question is will the media industry actually survive if it weren’t what it is today?

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“Virtual Reality the New Normal”

By Srishti Bansal

Online Education is trending everywhere nowadays, as due to this Coronavirus everyone is locked inside their homes so it is the only thing which is helping students to continue their studies during such times. The techonolgy is upgrading itself with time and accordingly people are also evolving with it. Earlier the value of education was very less and it was not considered as necessity rather it was a luxury but now as the times are changing people value the power of education. Parents spend thousands of lakhs on their children’s education. This Corona pandemic has forced us to entirely depend upon the online mediums to stay connected and updated.

Some facts and figures;

Online higher learning is not limited to a certain type of student. Distance education is used by students from all walks of life in almost every field of study.
• Globally over 1.2 billion children are out of classroom.
• Some of the best most popular tech tools are: Zoom, Skype, Whatsapp, Microsoft Teams, Cisco Webex, etc.
• According to UNESCO, In India, lockdown has put 321 million children away from school.
• Byju’s app has experienced 60% surge in students using their services, which range from video lessons, live classes and interactive videos.
• Indian platforms like, Unacademy, Vedantu, Toppr are also offering free classes and content to students.
• Google and KMPG estimated that India’s online education market would be worth around $2 billion in 2021.
• New subscribers joined, a total of 25 lakh or more registered users with SWAYAM that has a repository of 1900 courses, which are being used by subscribers from over 60 countries including USA, UK, UAE, Canada, Germany, Australia, Nepal and Singapore.

# Advantages of Online Education:
• It is convenient and flexible as you can access it just by sitting at home, no matter in which part of the world you are.
• Online Education also helps in reducing cost and is very inexpensive.
• All the information needed will be safely stored in online database, which helps in documentation and also we can access the data whenever we like.
• More comfortable learning environment.
• Helps in Career advancement because students can take online courses even after completing the degree or while working.
• Improves technical skills by developing new computer skills.

# Disadvantages of Online Education:

• Online Education can cause social isolation. • Lack of practical skills development.
• Cheating prevention during online assessment is complicated.
• Online instructors tend to focus on theory rather than practice.
• Limited feedbacks by the students
• Internet connection problem can lower the browsing speed and ultimately causes disconnection.

Posted in Podcast

Online Education Podcast

Virtual Reality: "The new normal" Social Distancing By Srishti Bansal

Coronavirus has bought a huge change in our lifestyle and online education is one of them.
  1. Virtual Reality: "The new normal"
  2. Social Distancing…The need of hour!
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ONLINE EDUCATION

By Muskan Mehndiratta

"A step towards Virtual World" A STEP TOWARDS VIRTUAL WORLD

This podcast is on online Education in COVID-19
  1. "A step towards Virtual World"
  2. "College abhi baaki tha"