Role of Media in Achieving Social Justice
Role of Media in Achieving Social Justice A nation is composed of citizens- men and women belonging to numerous races, colours, religions, castes, financial classes and age groups. It has both- the highly educated and the illiterate and everyone in between. The nation equally belongs to each one of them- without favour or prejudice. Its resources, its opportunities, its rights, freedoms and privileges belong to everyone without any discrimination whatsoever, and ensuring their equitable distribution among all society members is essentially ‘social justice’. The responsibility of delivering social justice rests with the Government and the Media plays a pivotal role in achieving it. To understand the role of the media in this context, we need to first understand the scope and purpose of media. A. Link all sections of society The name itself suggests that it is a link between two or more entities. Today’s media is a means by which the Government and other authorities can com