National Conference on Ethical Issues and Indian Media
National Conference on Ethical Issues and Indian Media
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ati<strong>on</strong>al <str<strong>on</strong>g>C<strong>on</strong>ference</str<strong>on</strong>g> <strong>on</strong> <strong>Ethical</strong> <strong>Issues</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>Indian</strong> <strong>Media</strong> <strong>on</strong> ovember 26, 27 2010Coimbatore Bomb Blasts: <strong>Ethical</strong> Violati<strong>on</strong>s by ati<strong>on</strong>al <strong>and</strong> Local <strong>Media</strong>C.R.JayaprakashAssistant ProfessorDept. of Communicati<strong>on</strong>PSG College of Arts <strong>and</strong> ScienceCoimbatoreDr.P.E.ThomasAssociate ProfessorDept. of Communicati<strong>on</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>Media</strong> StudiesBharathiar UniversityCoimbatoreAbstractAfter the murder of the then Prime Minister Indira G<strong>and</strong>hi in 1984, the Sikh establishments in Coimbatore were targeted <strong>and</strong>ransacked. In 1998, Coimbatore saw riots <strong>and</strong> violence in wake of bomb blasts <strong>on</strong> the eve of the visit of the then Home Minister L KAdvani. Unregulated cable broadcasts <strong>and</strong> questi<strong>on</strong>able acts of community magazines resulted in the death of 62 people. The firstauthor worked as a reporter in the Coimbatore editi<strong>on</strong> of Dinamani during the period. This papers recollects those incidents in aresearch perspective in this paper.Dept. of Journalism <strong>and</strong> Mass Communicati<strong>on</strong>, Periyar University, Salem
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