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Watchdog journalism

Role of TV as Watchdog of the Society

Watchdog Journalism


Watchdog journalism is a form of investigative journalism where the author or the publisher
fact-checks and interviews political figures and authorities, thereby verifying the validity of their
actions and statements”
Watchdog journalism usually takes on a form of beat reporting about specific aspects and issues
Pakistani media is known as a vibrant, revolutionary and overwhelmingly powerful tool in
shaping society’s opinion on a host of issues and for serving as a watchdog of government
actions.
Since 2002, the Pakistani media has become powerful and independent and the number of
private television channels has grown to 89, according to the Pakistan Electronic Media
Regulatory Authority. Since the introduction of these vibrant TV channels, many major scams
have been unveiled by journalists.

⮚ Pakistan Steel Mill’s Rs22 billion scam
⮚ NICL case
⮚ corruption in Pakistan International Airlines and Pakistan Railways,
⮚ Hajj corruption case,
⮚ NATO containers’ case,
⮚ rental power projects and the ephedrine quota case.

1. Pakistan Steel Mills

Pakistan Steel Mills • three cases were registered against the directors and chairman of the
National Insurance Corporation Limited (NICL). A case of
vfraud of Rs12 billion is also under investigation against the directors of the Trading Corporation
of Pakistan

2. Hajj Corruption Case

Hajj Corruption Case: Judge Malik Nazir Ahmad from special court central, a lower court,
also sentenced Director General (DG) Haj Rao Shakeel to 40 years in prison. Joint secretary for
religious affairs Aftab Aslam was also sentenced to 16 years. • Kazmi and Aftab were arrested
from the court premises after the sentence was pronounced and escorted to Adiala Jail by Federal
Investigation Agency (FIA) officials. Shakeel is already in custody of the National
Accountability Bureau in Lahore.

3. Panama Papers leak case

On April 3rd, 2016 the (ICIJ) made 11.5 million secret documents, later known as Panama
Papers available to the public. The documents, sourced from Panamanian law firm among other
revelations about other public figures in many other countries, included details of eight offshore
companies with links to the family of Nawaz Sharif Prime Minister of Pakistan and his brother
Shehbaz Shareef the Chief Minister of Punjab.
According to the ICICLE, Sharif’s children “were owners or had the right to authorise
transactions for several companies so as a result of TV coverage to this issue Nawaz shreef was
disqualified and many of the Nawaz spotters change their opinion about PMLN and the result
could be seen as PTI WON the election because though TV and media or we can say TV and
media has shaped or changed public opinion about PMLN.

Do TV or Media Fulfills their responsibility

However, the question remains whether the media fulfills the responsibilities it claims to or does
it only look after its monetary or political interest.

⮚ On July 28 Airblue Flight ED-202 crashed into the Margalla Hills in Islamabad, killing
all 152 passengers and crew members, and recent PIA plane crash in Karachii as the
entire nation looked on in horror. Instantly, the electronic media paid unprecedented
attention towards the incident the entire day. The Prime Minster expressed his grief over
the incident and did not hesitate to announce that he would make the inquiry report of
crash public within three months. The following day saw front pages of all mainstream
newspapers flooded with stories regarding the tragedy.
⮚ Same day, newsrooms focused on reporting another tragic incident – the devastating
floods. Rescue efforts were initiated nationwide and the media, without a doubt, played a
tremendous role running campaigns on the TV as well as in newspapers for the support of
flood victims.

⮚ However, at the same time, distressed families who lost their loved ones in the crash
expected that the media’s attention would soon return to their plight and press demand for
the inquiry into the crash. Unfortunately, this did not happen. With time the crash was
forgotten, leaving many questions unanswered. Requests for an Supreme Court Suo motu
action also went in vain same is the case with the recent plane crash at the end when there
was no one to be blamed the all started blaming the pilot .If we think we can get the same
sort of justice from the system as is available to the first world, we would be fooling
ourselves

CONCLUSION


From above mentioned example it is very clear that media TV can hold anyone accountable or
we cam say is can hold authorities accountable. But still there is fact do media fairly do justice
with their job or political pressure and pressure by the stake holder resist them to do actual role
of watchdog.

TV influence

TV influence our Opinion and Shapes the New Social Norms?

TV influence our Opinion and Shapes the New Social Norms?


Media in the present society is our life line. It comes in a wide range of structures to coordinate
your own joys. There is magazines, newspapers, internet, television, news, radio, and of course
social media sites. Every day we are connected to media through technology whether it be our
televisions, radios in our car, and probably the most common in today’s society our cell phones.
Through these advancements in technology we are able to consistently check media and see and
hear it at a moment’s notice. There are many issues that arise with this. Media can affect
relationships, consume our time and most concerning influence our opinions and thoughts, and
somehow create new social norms.

Social Norms

are unwritten rules about how to behave. They provide us with an expected idea of instructions
to carry on in a specific social gathering or culture. Media now a days consider as effect full
apparatus moulding new accepted practices in the public eye
for example
Because of this, media influence new social norms and are highly influential in shaping
individual behaviour, including discrimination and violence against a specific group, such as
women and can protect against violence, but they can also support and encourage the use of it.
For instance, acceptance of violence is a risk factor for all types of interpersonal violence
Example;
Many TV shows news documentaries are broadcast on TV either in the form of TV drama, films
and in the form of news,
one the best anti-violence documentary SAVING FACE was made by Sharmeen Obaid and she
got Oscar award in it.
● Most often we see the influences that media has when we see news reports on legal cases
or tragedy’s such as bullying and natural disasters. When we hear or see negative media
about a specific subject, we have already formed our own opinions or thoughts about we
may become swayed but information the media provides that is not always accurate
Example Panama Papers leak case
On April 3rd, 2016 the (ICIJ) made 11.5 million secret documents, later known as Panama
Papers available to the public. The documents, sourced from Panamanian law firm among other
revelations about other public figures in many other countries, included details of eight offshore
companies with links to the family of Nawaz Sharif Prime Minister of Pakistan and his brother
Shehbaz Shareef the Chief Minister of Punjab.
According to the ICIJ, Sharif’s children “were owners or had the right to authorise transactions
for several companies so as a result of tv coverage to this issue Nawaz shreef was disqualified
and many of the Nawaz spotters change their opinion about PMLN and the result could be seen
as PTI WON the election because though tv and media or we can say TV and media has shaped
or changed public opinion about PMLN.
● we may conform to social norms and begin to change our opinions based on what society
believes acceptable behaviour’s to be

Polio Vaccination


Television is more effective than radio in polio vaccination. Children from households who had
TV and radio received more polio vaccine doses than children from households who had no TV
Households who had television, had significantly higher polio vaccinated children, vaccination
dates on cards and vaccination reported by mothers than those households who had no TV. Rural
areas of the country, without radio and TV in households, have more polio unvaccinated children
than urban areas. In Baluchistan rural areas, there are no of people without polio unvaccinated
(children which is the highest deprived percentage in the country because according according to
a research they have no access to TV or Radio. Radio and TV were statistically significant and
had association with polio vaccine doses “The media did not influence weather people thought
the use of polio drops is good or was wrong media coverage of the polio issue resulted in people
thinking that the polio issue was an important one.” Issues such as these were distributed through
media which has developed as technology has developed
. This is what is called agenda setting meaning that the media will influence what we feel is
important in society.

Islam Phobia


When there was a few attacks on Canadian military. A few assistance men were killed the media
immediately demanded that the attacks were for the sake of Islam. This by itself turned into a
perilous impact on the network the attack happened in just as on the individuals who love as
Muslims. This is a lot of like when the assaults of September eleventh happened in the United
States. American around then required somebody to accuse somebody to be considered mindful
so obviously when they media starts to plant thoughts and Non Muslims communities
immediately append to Muslims. The media exclusively has been answerable for the assessments
have shaped of Muslims in the present society and it is a direct result of TV and media the
incident of 9\11 attack and unfortunately we have fit in with their impact and without thinking a
lot about the religion we bunch the individuals who are Muslims together treat them not the same
as others and for negative assessments of them. In a media article distributed by CBC news in
Muslims reacted and denied any inclusion in the attacks and show they to as Canadians felt
attacked and that anybody performing demonstrations of viciousness isn’t a portrayal of Islam
(CBC News 2012). Anyways can any anyone explain why we decide to accept other people who
talk about these people instead of those speaking to the religion?

Conclusion

Electronic media, TV and radio, has an important role in shaping and influencing people opinion
and norms Proper designing and delivery of powerful media messages at proper time can create
awareness about any issue, change behaviour and attitude. Frequently we have to disconnect
ourselves from media and others to shape our own sentiments.

Emmy Awards

Emmy Awards Date and List

Emmy Awards Date

The date has also officially announced for the 71st annual Prime time Emmy Awards that is September 22 at 8 pm on Fox. Hence, these nominations this year were surprisingly unpredictable.
Winning the nominations this year, Game of Thrones is indeed a leader in drama categories. While talking about the Best Actor and Leading Actress, Game of Thrones once more wins the heart of people. Harington and Emilia Clarke are nominated respectively.

Moreover, other characters of this series like Christie, Sophie Turner, Peter, Lena have made the total sum-up nominations for Game of Thrones to 32. This is the most received nomination by any show so far.
Although, the thrones haul came up with some dissatisfaction from fans over the show’s finale. But despite the fact, Game of Thrones 32 nominations was up from 22 last year and brings the show’s grand total to 161 nominations.
So, this year HBO’s sponsor programs lead to 137 nominations which are the most in the channel’s history, beating Netflix’s 117 nominations all apart. In 2018, HBO and Netflix have a tie in nominations but this time HBO took place of high rank.
Hence, this year, Netflix’s haul was helped by programs including “When They See Us,” “Russian Doll,” “Our Planet,” and “Ozark.”

Major categories for this year nominations are

1.Mahershala Ali, from True Detective. 2.Benicio del Toro, from Escape at Dannemora. 3.Hugh Grant, from A Very English Scandal.
Leading actresses in comedy series are 1. Christina Applegate, from Dead to Me, 2. Rachel Brosnahan, from The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel and Julia-Louis Dreyfus, from Veep.
Moreover, the leading actress in the drama series is 1. Emilia Clarke, from Game of Thrones and Jodie Comer, from Killing Eve.
So, don’t forget to watch the Emmy Awards this year live on Fox from the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles on September 22.

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Sony X95G TV Series

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