PAPER ID:IJIM/V.III(III)/ 26-31/6

AUTHOR: Dr. Ajay kumar and Dr. Roshan Lal

TITLE: ROAD ACCIDENTS COVERAGE IN LEADING HINDI DAILIES IN HARYANA

ABSTRACT: The present study lays focus on the accident covered news in leading Hindi national dailies in Haryana. The main objective of the study is to determine the space generally given to accidents news in newspapers and to know the formats being used to disseminate the news pertaining to road accidents. Another important objective of the study is to ascertain whether reporters try to highlight causes of accidents while writing such news stories to generate awareness among the people against such delinquencies are also dissected and dwelt upon at length. To conduct this study the researchers carried out a content analysis of two leading Hindi dailies – Dainik Bhaskar and Dainik Jagran. The research reveals that both the Dainik Jagran and the Dainik Bhaskar newspapers give inadequate coverage to the accidents news.

KEYWORDS: Accident news, Road Crashes, Accidental information.

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