Role of the Media in Protecting Human Rights in India - A socio Legal Dimension

This book is explains about the freedom of speech and expression and Human Rights. The analysis of the Socio legal manner. The role of media in India how to protect the people who are living in India. the main aim of the book is to provide good information to the public who are watching, listening and reading. The technological revolution of the last two decades has its impact on the generation, processing, dissemination and consumption of news. The effective media can be used for advocating the human rights and building public opinion in favour of strict enforcement of rights. Every democratic setup in the social texture has an inseparable part that is the press, which has now expanded to include electronic media and new media. The Constitution also provides every Indian citizen the right to freedom, more specifically; the Freedom of Speech and Expression Article 19(1) (a). Any right cannot be given in an absolute way and so restrictions are placed to this right under Article 19(2). Knowledge and information which were monopolized by certain sections of the upper strata of society slowly became available to ordinary people. The information and views communicated through these media have great impact on the attitudes and problems of the people.