Reservation for Other Backward Classes in Indian Central Government Institutions Like IITs, IIMs and AIIMS A Study of the Role of Media Fuzzy Super FRM Models |
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| Author:
| Smarandache, Florentin
Kandasamy, K. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-59973-103-2 |
| Publication Date: | Jan 2010 |
| Publisher: | Multimedia Larga
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $78.00 |
Book Description:
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Print and television in India came under fire in the year 2006 when they adopted a biased attitude against the state policy of affirmative action that made provisions to admit students of the downtrodden communities into central government-run institutes of higher education. The media, forgot the ethics of being balanced, attacked this policy of positive discrimination and gave intense coverage to every anti-reservation protest that took place in India. In a way, the national media led...
More DescriptionPrint and television in India came under fire in the year 2006 when they adopted a biased attitude against the state policy of affirmative action that made provisions to admit students of the downtrodden communities into central government-run institutes of higher education. The media, forgot the ethics of being balanced, attacked this policy of positive discrimination and gave intense coverage to every anti-reservation protest that took place in India. In a way, the national media led the struggle against social justice. Here we use Fuzzy Super FRM Models to analyze the role of the news media in covering the issue of reservation for Other Backward Classes in Indian central government institutions like IITs, IIMs and AIIMS.