THE FOURTH PILLAR OF INDIAN DEMOCRACY: MASS MEDIA

ABSTRACT

The Fourth Pillar of this biggest democratic country is media playing vital role in disclosing true and reliable information to citizens. Media gives revolutionary change and growth in every sphere of life and mainly in the communication and media world; media today, plays a decisive role in the development of society. In India started 1780, while the publication of the Bengal Gazette in the Calcutta. In the year 1959 electronic media started in India. Under the constitution of India, freedom of the media is part of the freedom of speech guaranteed by Article 19(1) (a) says that all citizens shall have the right to freedom of speech and expression. However, no freedom can be absolute, and reasonable restrictions can be placed on it. Media has increased communication between people all over the world. The Internet, has allowed people to express themselves through blogs, websites, pictures, and other user-generated media. Law plays a twin role governing media. It protects the creative freedom involved in them and it has to regulate them so as to avoid their possible abuse as well. Despite the laws exists are not enough to regulate the press and electronic media. The author wish to say that there is a need to enact legislation and amend press council Act by bringing electronic media under the ambit of the press council giving more teeth to the press council. 

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