Comments on: Question of the Week – Impact of the Media in Times of Crisis http://blog.innocentive.com/2009/06/12/question-of-the-week-impact-of-the-media-in-times-of-crisis/ Highlighting Global Open Innovation Wed, 08 Feb 2012 21:56:18 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Rajeev http://blog.innocentive.com/2009/06/12/question-of-the-week-impact-of-the-media-in-times-of-crisis/comment-page-1/#comment-169936 Rajeev Fri, 01 Apr 2011 00:12:45 +0000 http://blog.innocentive.com/?p=267#comment-169936 Hi, Anything in public domain can have a huge impact on psychology of the end user be it a common man or a scientist or a philanthropist. Creating/seeking media attention and delivering it to common man is in itself a PANDEMIC. What should be released to teh people/general public is what they can control and not what they cant control. hence it is the responsibility of the agency like WHO as well as the media to hold on to information and release only what is informative, preventive to the community. As for eg in swine flu pandemic it was told not to shake hands so as to avoid transmission, avoid kkissing etc. All these things were already there in the domain of a ocmmon Indian man s they traditionally will not shake hands nor will they hug or kiss as a mark of respect /love. Encourage such practices as a routine and not when an epidemic strikes and becomes a pandemic. Regards Dr Rajeev jain Chandigarh India Hi,
Anything in public domain can have a huge impact on psychology of the end user be it a common man or a scientist or a philanthropist. Creating/seeking media attention and delivering it to common man is in itself a PANDEMIC. What should be released to teh people/general public is what they can control and not what they cant control. hence it is the responsibility of the agency like WHO as well as the media to hold on to information and release only what is informative, preventive to the community. As for eg in swine flu pandemic it was told not to shake hands so as to avoid transmission, avoid kkissing etc. All these things were already there in the domain of a ocmmon Indian man s they traditionally will not shake hands nor will they hug or kiss as a mark of respect /love. Encourage such practices as a routine and not when an epidemic strikes and becomes a pandemic.
Regards
Dr Rajeev jain

Chandigarh India

]]> By: marco a. cedillo http://blog.innocentive.com/2009/06/12/question-of-the-week-impact-of-the-media-in-times-of-crisis/comment-page-1/#comment-45456 marco a. cedillo Sat, 31 Jul 2010 15:15:03 +0000 http://blog.innocentive.com/?p=267#comment-45456 Los medios de comunicacion son amarillistas y publican lo que les conviene, porque eralmente, la gripe siempre a existido, solo que ahora se ha modificado por los tratamiento de medicamentos antivirales y retrovirales, y considero que la industria farmaceutica, puede estar involucrada en esta cuestion ya que les conviene que se publicite la enfermedad para ofertar sus medicamentos. Los gobernantes son unos ignorantes, ya que del tema no saben nada y se dejan influenciar por los medios, de comunicacion, generando panico en lugar d dar medias adecuadas a la comunidad. Los medios de comunicacion son amarillistas y publican lo que les conviene, porque eralmente, la gripe siempre a existido, solo que ahora se ha modificado por los tratamiento de medicamentos antivirales y retrovirales, y considero que la industria farmaceutica, puede estar involucrada en esta cuestion ya que les conviene que se publicite la enfermedad para ofertar sus medicamentos.
Los gobernantes son unos ignorantes, ya que del tema no saben nada y se dejan influenciar por los medios, de comunicacion, generando panico en lugar d dar medias adecuadas a la comunidad.

]]> By: Angela Walker http://blog.innocentive.com/2009/06/12/question-of-the-week-impact-of-the-media-in-times-of-crisis/comment-page-1/#comment-15192 Angela Walker Sat, 12 Sep 2009 22:26:21 +0000 http://blog.innocentive.com/?p=267#comment-15192 Today's media seems to put a bias on their reporting. Years ago journalists did not let their own opinion show through their reporting (all reporters should be required to report all types of news in an unbiased manner - that is called "professionalism in journalism" As far as swine flu is concerned - yes it does need to have news coverage and termed an "pandemic." My son (30 y/o) had swine flu and was "happy to survive." He said his temperature was so high he was hallucinating and toward the end of it - he was coughing up dark green phlegm. - You either live or you die with Swine Flu - it's like no other flu we have ever experienced. Today’s media seems to put a bias on their reporting. Years ago journalists did not let their own opinion show through their reporting (all reporters should be required to report all types of news in an unbiased manner – that is called “professionalism in journalism”
As far as swine flu is concerned – yes it does need to have news coverage and termed an “pandemic.” My son (30 y/o) had swine flu and was “happy to survive.” He said his temperature was so high he was hallucinating and toward the end of it – he was coughing up dark green phlegm. – You either live or you die with Swine Flu – it’s like no other flu we have ever experienced.

]]> By: sasidharan pillai http://blog.innocentive.com/2009/06/12/question-of-the-week-impact-of-the-media-in-times-of-crisis/comment-page-1/#comment-13414 sasidharan pillai Tue, 28 Jul 2009 11:37:01 +0000 http://blog.innocentive.com/?p=267#comment-13414 Media is the mouth piece of a goverment and its people.either aprint or visual.media has big role to playon keeping of stability and progress.Acountry there have freedom to press and fundamental rights to its citizens nobody could ignore the media.But when there have acrisis in the state from internal,outernal aggression or an emergency like situation arises goverments puts handcuffs to those medias working against the goverment.it is a normal practice because media should play a nutrel role to the society and to the goverment. Media is the mouth piece of a goverment and its people.either aprint or visual.media has big role to playon keeping of stability and progress.Acountry there have freedom to press and fundamental rights to its citizens nobody could ignore the media.But when there have acrisis in the state from internal,outernal aggression or an emergency like situation arises goverments puts handcuffs to those medias working against the goverment.it is a normal practice because media should play a nutrel role to the society and to the goverment.

]]> By: sasidharan pillai http://blog.innocentive.com/2009/06/12/question-of-the-week-impact-of-the-media-in-times-of-crisis/comment-page-1/#comment-13376 sasidharan pillai Mon, 27 Jul 2009 13:51:51 +0000 http://blog.innocentive.com/?p=267#comment-13376 A democratic country , When goverment is on crisis due to internal or outernal disturbances or a situation like an emergency the goverment often tight liped.soch asituation the media ,print or visual is the only way to know what is cooking in side the goverment loby. A democratic country , When goverment is on crisis due to internal or outernal disturbances or a situation
like an emergency the goverment often tight liped.soch asituation the media ,print or visual is the only
way to know what is cooking in side the goverment loby.

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