The Indian media consists of several different types of communications of mass media: television, radio, cinema, newspapers, magazines, and Internet-based Websites/portals. Indian media was active since the late 18th century. The print media started in India as early as 1780. Radio broadcasting began in 1927. Indian media is among the oldest in the world. It dates back even before the reign of Ashoka. today Many of the media are controlled by large, corporations, which reap revenue from advertising,

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, and sale of copyrighted material. India has over 500 satellite channels (more than 80 are news channels) and 70,000 newspapers, the biggest newspaper market in the world with over 100 million copies sold each day. The French NGO

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compiles and publishes an annual ranking of countries based upon the organisation's assessment of its Press Freedom Index. In 2022, India was ranked 150th out of 180 countries, which declined from 133rd rank in 2016. It stated that this was due to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Bharatiya Janata Party and their followers of Hindutva having greater exertion of control of the media.

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, a US-based NGO stated in its 2021 report that harassment of journalists increased under Modi's administration. The English-language media of India are described as traditionally left-leaning liberal, which has been a point of friction recently due to an upsurge in popularity of Hindu nationalist politics. According to ''BBC News'', "A look at Indian news channels - be it English or Hindi - shows that fairly one-sided news prevails. And that side is BJP and Hindutva." '' Hicky's Bengal Gazette'', founded in 1780, was the first Indian newspaper. Auguste and Louis Lumière moving pictures were screened in Bombay during July 1895, and radio broadcasting began in 1927.

Press Council of Indian act 1978

The Press Council of India acts as a mechanism for the press to regulate itself. It ensures that the Indian press is free and responsible. If the press is to function effectively as the watchdog of public interest, it must have a secure freedom of expression, unfettered and unhindered by any authority, organised bodies, or individuals. It ensures that the press must, therefore, scrupulously adhere to accepted norms of journalistic ethics and maintain high standards of professional conduct. Where the norms are breached and the freedom is defiled by unprofessional conduct, a way must exist to check and control it. But control by the government or official authorities may prove destructive of this freedom. Therefore, the best way is to let the peers of the profession, assisted by a few discerning laymen, regulate it through a properly structured, representative, and impartial machinery. Hence, the Press Council of India was established.

Overview

The traditional print media, but also the television media, are largely family-owned and often partake in

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, primarily due to political ties by the owner and the establishment. However, the new media are generally more professional and corporate-owned, though these, too, have been acquired or affiliated with established figures. At the same time, the Indian media, viewed as "feisty," have also not reported on issues of the media itself.

Print

The first newspaper printed in India was '' Hicky's Bengal Gazette'', started in 1780 under the British Raj by James Augustus Hicky. Other newspapers such as ''The India Gazette'', ''The Calcutta Gazette'', ''

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'' (1785), and '' The Bombay Herald'' (1789) soon followed. These newspapers carried news of the areas under the British rule. The '' Bombay Samachar'', founded in 1822 and printed in Gujarati is the oldest newspaper in Asia still in print. On 30 May 1826 ''

Udant Martand ''Udant Martand'' (from Hindi, “The Rising Sun”) is the first Hindi language newspaper published in India. Started on 30 May 1826, from Calcutta (now Kolkata), the weekly newspaper was published every Tuesday by Pt. Jugal Kishore Shukla. I ...

'' (The Rising Sun), the first Hindi-language newspaper published in India, started from Calcutta (now Kolkata), published every Tuesday by Pt. Jugal Kishore Shukla. Even after independence from Britain in 1947, the English-language papers were prominent due to a number of reasons. The telegraphic circuits of news agencies used the

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and the

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, giving the English press an advantage in speed. The speed of typesetting was also much slower in Indian languages because of the

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s. Also, the press largely relied on advertisements of imported goods for revenue, and the foreign advertisers naturally preferred English-language media. The language of the administration had also remained English. Currently India publishes about 1,000 Hindi dailies that have a total circulation of about 80 million copies. English, the second language in terms of number of daily newspapers, has about 250 dailies with a circulation of about 40 million copies. The prominent Hindi newspapers are '' Dainik Jagran'', '' Dainik Bhaskar'', ''

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'', ''

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'', '' Navbharat Times'', '' Hindustan Dainik'', ''

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'', '' Rajasthan Patrika'', and '' Dainik Aaj''. In terms of readership, '' Dainik Jagran'' is the most popular Hindi daily with a total readership (TR) of 70,377,000, according to IRS Q1 2019. '' Dainik Bhaskar'' is the second most popular with a total readership of 51,405,000. ''

'' with a TR of 47,645,000, '' Rajasthan Patrika'' with a TR of 18,036,000 and ''

'' with a TR of 14,102,000 are placed at the next three positions. The total readership of the top 10 Hindi dailies is estimated at 188.68 million, nearly five times that of the top 10 English dailies that have a 38.76 million total readership. The prominent English newspapers are '' The Times of India'', founded in 1838 as ''The Bombay Times and Journal of Commerce'' by Bennett, Coleman and Co. Ltd, a colonial enterprise now owned by an Indian

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; The Times Group. '' The Hindustan Times'' was founded in 1924 during the Indian Independence Movement (' Hindustan' being the historical name of India), it is published by HT Media Ltd. ''

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'' was founded in 1878 by a group known as the Triplicane Six consisting of four law students and two teachers in

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(now Chennai), it is now owned by The Hindu Group. In the 1950s, 214 daily newspapers were published in the country.Thomas, 105 Out of these, 44 were English language dailies while the rest were published in various regional and national languages. This number rose to 3,805 dailies in 1993 with the total number of newspapers published in the country having reached 35,595. The main regional newspapers of India include the Marathi language '' Lokmat'', the Gujarati Language '' Gujarat Samachar'', the

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'' Malayala Manorama'', the Tamil language '' Daily Thanthi'', the Telugu language '' Eenadu'', the

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'' Vijaya Karnataka'' and the Bengali language '' Anandabazar Patrika''. Newspaper sales in the country increased by 11.22% in 2007. By 2007, 62 of the world's best selling newspaper dailies were published in China, Japan, and India. India consumed 99 million newspaper copies as of 2007—making it the second largest market in the world for newspapers.

Dailies in India

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Magazines in India

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Broadcasting

Radio broadcasting was initiated in 1927 but became a state responsibility only in 1930.Schwartzberg (2008) In 1937 it was given the name '' All India Radio'' and since 1957 it has been called '' Akashvani''. Limited duration of television programming began in 1959, and complete broadcasting followed in 1965. The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting owned and maintained the audio-visual apparatus—including the television channel ''

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''—in the country prior to the economic reforms of 1991.Thomas, 106 The Government of India played a significant role in using the audio-visual media for increasing mass education in India's rural swathes. Projected television screens provided engaging education in India's villages by the 1990s.In 1997, an autonomous body was established in the name of Prasar Bharti to take care of the public service broadcasting under the Prasar Bharti Act. All India Radio and

, which earlier were working as media units under the Ministry of I&B became constituents of the body. Following the economic reforms satellite television channels from around the world—including the BBC, CNN, CNBC, and other foreign television channels gained a foothold in the country.Thomas, 106–107 47 million households with television sets emerged in 1993, which was also the year when Rupert Murdoch entered the Indian market.Thomas, 107 Satellite and cable television soon gained a foothold. ''

'', in turn, initiated reforms and modernisation. With 1,400 television stations as of 2009, the country ranks 4th in the list of countries by number of television broadcast stations.''CIA World Factbook: Field Listing – Television broadcast stations.''
/ref> On 16 November 2006, the Government of India released the community radio policy which allowed agricultural centres, educational institutions and civil society organisations to apply for a community-based FM broadcasting licence. Community radio is allowed 100 watt effective radiated power (ERP) with a maximum tower height of 30 Metres. The licence is valid for five years and one organisation can only get one licence, which is non-transferable and to be used for community development purposes.

Communications

The Indian Government acquired ES EVM computers from the Soviet Union, which were used in large companies and research laboratories.Desai (2006) Tata Consultancy Services – established in 1968 by the Tata Group – were the country's largest software producers during the 1960s. The '

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' of the 1980s had convinced both

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and her successor

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that electronics and telecommunications were vital to India's growth and development. MTNL underwent technological improvements.Chand, 86 Between 1986 and 1987, the Indian government embarked upon the creation of three wide-area computer networking schemes: INDONET (intended to serve the IBM mainframes in India), NICNET (network for the National Informatics Centre), and the academic research oriented Education and Research Network (ERNET).Wolcott & Goodman, 568 The Indian economy underwent economic reforms in 1991, leading to a new era of

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and international economic integration.Sharma (2006) Economic growth of over 6% annually was seen between 1993 and 2002. The economic reforms were driven in part by significant the internet usage in India.Wolcott & Goodman, 564 The new administration under

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—which placed the development of Information technology among its top five priorities— formed the Indian National Task Force on Information Technology and Software Development.Wolcott & Goodman, 564–565 Internet gained a foothold in India by 1998. India had a total of 100 million Internet users—comprising 8.5% of the country's population—by 2010.Se
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By 2010, 13 million people in India also had access to broadband Internet— making it the 10th largest country in the world in terms of broadband Internet users. India had a total of 34 million fixed lines in use by 2011.''CIA World Factbook: Rank Order – Telephones – main lines in use''.
/ref> In the fixed line arena, BSNL and MTNL are the incumbents in their respective areas of operation and continue to enjoy the dominant service provider status in the domain of fixed line services. BSNL controls 79% of fixed line share in the country. In the

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sector, Bharti Airtel controls 24.3% subscriber base followed by Reliance Communications with 18.9%, Vodafone with 18.8%, BSNL with 12.7% subscriber base as of June 2009.From the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India se
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India had a total of 880 million mobile phone connections by 2011.
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and wireless subscribers reached 688 million as of August 2010.

Motion pictures

The history of film in India begins with the screening of Auguste and Louis Lumière moving pictures in Bombay during the July 1895.Burra & Rao, 252 '' Raja Harishchandra'', a full-length feature film, was initiated in 1912 and completed later. '' Alam Ara'' (released 14 March 1931), directed by Ardeshir Irani, was the first Indian movie with dialogues.Burra & Rao, 253 Indian films were soon being followed throughout Southeast Asia and the Middle East—where modest dressing and subdued sexuality of these films was found to be acceptable to the sensibilities of the audience belonging to the various Islamic countries of the region.Watson (2008) As cinema as a medium gained popularity in the country as many as 1,000 films in various languages of India were produced annually.

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also gained a foothold in India with

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s films such as ''

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'' (1993) and '' Speed'' (1994) being specially appreciated by the local audiences. Expatriates throughout the United Kingdom and in the United States continued to give rise to an international audiences to Indian movies, which, according to The '' Encyclopædia Britannica'' (2008) entry on '' Bollywood'', "continued to be formulaic story lines, expertly choreographed fight scenes, spectacular song-and-dance routines, emotion-charged melodrama, and larger-than-life heroes".Encyclopædia Britannica (2008), ''Bollywood''. Present-day India produces the most films of any country in the world.''Nation Master: Films produced (most recent) by country''
/ref> Major media investors in the country are production houses such as Yash Raj Films, Dharma Productions, Aamir Khan Productions, Disney India and Reliance Entertainment. Most of these productions are funded by investors since there are limited banking and credit facilities maturity in India for the motion picture industry. Many

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, such as Disney (formerly UTV) and

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( Network18 Studios) have entered the nation's media industry on a large scale.

Digital and online media

The early 2000s saw the advent of online and digital publishing in India. Traditional print dailies were the first to adapt and introduce their own digital versions of their print dailies and magazines. Today, India is the home of many online publications including digital-only

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, Magazines, news portals and

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List of notable digital-only publications

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Altnews.in Alt News is an Indian non-profit fact checking website founded and run by former software engineer Pratik Sinha and Mohammed Zubair. It was launched on 9 February 2017 to combat fake news. In October 2022 Harsh Mander (author, activist and ...

* Cobrapost * Dailyhunt (aggregator) * Firstpost * India Times *

Khabar Lahariya ''Khabar Lahariya'' (translation: News Wave) is an Indian newspaper, published in various rural dialects of Hindi, including Bundeli, Avadhi and Bajjika dialects. The newspaper was started by Nirantar'','' a New Delhi–based non-government ...

* Newslaundry * One India *

People's Archive of Rural India The People's Archive of Rural India (PARI ) is a multimedia digital journalism platform in India. It was founded in December 2014 by veteran journalist Palagummi Sainath, former rural affairs editor of ''The Hindu'', author of the book Every ...

Pinkvilla Pinkvilla is an Indian entertainment and lifestyle platform. As of June 2022, Pinkvilla has over 5,00,00,000 visitors on its website and app. Overview Pinkvilla covers entertainment and lifestyle stories. Its coverage extends to Bollywood, H ...

* ScoopWhoop * SheThePeople.TV * Scroll.in * The Better India * Two Circles *

The Chenab Times ''The Chenab Times'' is a digital news and activist organisation in India founded in 2017. It is known for publishing news in Sarazi and Bhaderwahi languages. History ''The Chenab Times'' derives its name from the Chenab River, which flows th ...

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* The News Minute * ThePrint * The Quint * The Wire (India)

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Defense news reporting in India

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, apart from internal security challenges. It has led to sustained audience interest in the issues related to national security and defence. Leading English and Hindi dailies cover defence issues in a major way, but niche defence specific reporting and publications have also taken root in the last 10 years.

List

* '' Sainik Samachar'' * '' Indian Military Review''

Ownership and funding

Digital media is opening up to paywalls and other subscription based models. However a majority of readers still do not pay for the content they read, causing the media houses to rely on other means of funding. ''Independent and Public Spirited Media Trust'' is a syndicate that promotes media in India with the aim of creating a news content creation network. It was founded in 2015 and funds organisations such as The Wire, IndiaSpend,

CGNet Swara CGnet Swara is an Indian voice-based online portal that allows people in the forests of Chhattisgarh to report local news in Gondi by making a phone call. The portal is freely accessible via mobile phone or online. It allows anyone to report sto ...

, AltNews, and The Caravan. Omidyar Network has invested in Scroll.in and Newslaundry.

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is owned by the Panda Family, Baijayant Jay Panda. NewsLive in Assam is run by the wife of Himanta Biswa Sarma. ''The Caravan'' points out that NDTV, News Nation, India TV, News24 and Network18 are linked to Reliance. Another Indian billionaire businessman who funds media is Subhash Chandra.

Funding ideology

Investor Rohini Nilekani explains her ideology as follows:

Criticism

Some sections of Indian media, controlled by businessmen, Politicians, and government bureaucrats, are facing criticism for biased, motivated reporting, behave like one party owned or governing party owned and selective presentation. After the devastating earthquake in Nepal on 25 April 2015, in spite of India helping, tweets from Nepal trended effectively saying, "Go home, Indian media". Disturbed by corruption, Delhi chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal suggested on 3 May 2015 to have a public trial of Indian media. On 8 May 2015, the then I & B Minister, Arun Jaitley echoed a similar rhetoric saying that there was a, "flood of channels but dearth of facts". Of late, a lot of mainstream media channels have been accused of printing and telecasting unverified and biased news which they retracted later. In a few instances content from Twitter's parody accounts were cited as a source. Indian mainstream media has often been accused of showing sensationalized news items. In March 2018, the then

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said that, "journalists cannot write anything they imagine and behave as if they are sitting in some pulpit". Godi media is a pejorative term coined & popularised by NDTV journalist Ravish Kumar referring to the sensationalist and biased Indian mainstream media which supports the ruling party of India. It is also criticised for its overly creative reporting especially during

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and floods in

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criticized Indian media in a speech in July 2022 accusing the media of running Kangaroo courts and running agenda driven debates without any accountability, which he thinks is bad for democracy. A report by

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and Newslaundry found out that employees from general category constitute around 90% of leadership positions in the Indian media, which means that the marginalized communities like Dalits, Adivasis and Bahujans do not have adequate representation.

Notes and References

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