Thursday, July 21, 2016

So now our posts on Social Media is scanned and documented! Great going for Freedom!

http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/big-brother-is-now-keeping-watch-on-social-media-too/article8876937.ece

All you need to know about the New Media Cell
1The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting established a New Media Cell on September 4, 2013.
2It's headed by a Joint Secretary (P&A).
3The functional and operational support is provided by New Media Wing, the erstwhile Research Reference and Training Division (RRTD) of the Ministry.
4It provides reference services to the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting and its Media Units for planning media policies, strategies and campaigns.
5It monitors social media on a 24X7 basis and sends reports relating to media reports, content analysis and special reports such as floods or PM's visits to bureaucrats and ministries on a daily basis.
6It also produces packaged information for the media persons and media researchers and scholars.
7It compiles the book entitled India - a reference annual, which contains information on India’s geographic and demographic features, its polity and economy, its plans and programmmes for socio-economic development.
8The National Documentation Centre for Mass Communication functions under this Cell. The NDCMC documents and indexes all news-items, articles and other information material available on mass communication.
9It periodically releases a Bulletin on Film, Bibliography Service, Media Update, Who’s Who in Mass Media and Current Awareness Service among others.
10The Cell also has a well-stocked library that includes specialized books on subjects pertaining to journalism, public relations, advertising and audio-visual media, prominent encyclopedia series, yearbooks and contemporary articles.F

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