It's time to regulate

Publication: Pioneer
Provider: HT Media Ltd

December 14, 2010

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India, Dec. 14 -- Star India is going to host a unique two day workshop on, Comparative Perspectives on Media Self-Regulation and Society' to be held on December 14 and December 15 in the Capital. Leading personalities from different walks of life will discuss the global and comparative perspectives on media regulation as it affects current debates and the future role of information in society, Star India said in a statement. In India, media has had a mixed experience with the opposing tendencies of the freedom to express itself freely on the one hand, and regulation of content and questions of the greater good of society, on the other. Speakers at the workshop would include Information and Broadcasting Minister Ambika Soni, Ex-Chief Justice of India Justice J S Verma, Anupam Kher, Anuradha Prasad (Chairperson BAG Films and President, Association of Radio Operators of India) and Star India COO Sanjay Gupta among others. Leading international researchers in media regulation, Professor Monroe E Price from the University of Pennsylvania; Jonathan Blake of Covington and Burling and Professor Wolfgang Shulz from the Hans Bredow Institute will be a part of this Seminar. Published by HT Syndication with permission from Pioneer. For any query with respect to this article or any other content requirement, please contact Editor at htsyndication@hindustantimes.com