The transformation of journalism in India-the world"s
largest democracy and one of its fastest growing economies-has
implications for journalism around the world. With approaching
100 round-the-clock news channels-unrivalled in any other
country-India boasts the world"s most linguistic diverse news 1
landscape. This offers exciting opportunities, as well challenges to 2
professional journalists and scholars of international journalism.
The India Media Centre, the world"s first academic centre
which dedicated to studying globalizing tendencies of media 3
in India, is organizing the pioneering conference to address 4
the implications of this major media development. This
international gathering will bring together journalists and
journalism scholars around the world to examine the changing face 5
of journalism in India and their impact on the rest of the world. 6
According to the World Association of Newspapers, the sale
of newspapers in India is booming: circulation grew by 46 per cent
between 2000 and 2008 and more than 99 million copies of
newspapers were sold in India every day. The Times of India is 7
now the world"s largest circulating, English-language "quality" 8
newspaper. From FM and community radio to online media,
journalists are finding new ways to communicate with a requiring 9
and fragmenting audience, including a young and vocal,
middle-class diaspora. International media groups-from financial,
to sport journalism to entertainment news-are extending and
embedding their operations into that is one of the world"s biggest 10
news bazaars.