Author : Rahul Thagele 1
Date of Publication :21st October 2021
Abstract: With increase in the democratic political systems across the globe the institution of Press is becoming more and more relevant. Amongst the kind of stories done by these journalistic organizations the one which stands out are Investigative stories. As a specific field of practice it started in USA in mid-19th century but it has been around for quite some time and few scholars claim it was practiced as early as sixteenth century. The difference between Investigative journalism & regular journalism is another point of debate where few believe all journalism is investigative journalism and few others treat it as a distinct field. There is also multitude of thoughts when it comes to defining investigative journalism, there is not a single definition which is agreed upon by everyone. Some scholars prefer a fixed definition carved out over a period of time in USA and some believe it is not applicable everywhere in same sense. Despite all these differences one thing which is common across globe is that investigative journalism is practiced and respected everywhere & it is evolving & thriving everywhere as a natural corollary of democracy. The broadcast medium like all other mediums embraced investigative journalism & it is practiced by all. The major objective of this study is to develop better understanding about the perception of broadcast journalists about the investigative journalism. Keeping in mind this objective the investigator decided to survey broadcast journalists from broadcasting organizations. The present study was survey in nature. The sample of the study comprised of 141 broadcast journalist belonging to different editorial departments of national news channels in India. The findings of the study revealed that broadcast journalists perceive factors like increased education & public awareness, civil society, Constitution, increased reach & usage of internet, growth of social media, and increased usage of smart phone as fairly supportive and political system, legal system, judicial system, corporates & industries as least supportive for the investigative journalism in India.
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