No media analyst concedes that print is going out of style in India, but there are concerns about how content is changing. P.N. Vasanti, director of the Centre for Media Studies in Delhi, says that newspapers are “giving in to tabloidization and trivialization of content.”
“In terms of coverage on the front pages we are not seeing critical issues like environment and wildlife, corruption and heritage,” Vasanti said. “Even education is not there 95 percent of the time. We are seeing some signs of a similar trend even in India to catch young readers. But we have to ask: What is the price?”
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