Media Seminar: Challanges and Responsibilites in Media Pratices

Department of Visual Communication, SS Shasun Jain College for Women, Chennai invites you for One Day Seminar on Media Studies 

Challenges and Responsibilities in Media Pratices

Date – FRIDAY March 2, 2012 at No.3, Madley Road, T.Nagar, Chennai -600 017

  Inaugural session 9 to 10 AM

Speaker- S Muthiah Journalist and Madras Historian

Tea Break

First Session -Values and Ethics in Media Practices ( Media Professionals)

Time - 10-15 to 11-15 +15 min for discussion – close at 11.30

1- TN Gopalan- Senior Journalist, BBC Tamil

2- Babu Jaikumar, Senior Journalist Indian Express

3- KN Arun - Senior Journalist ( confirmed)

Second Session -Technoogy in Media Practices ( Media Professionals)

Time– 11-30 to 12-30+ 15 min discussion close at 12-45

1- AS Panneerselvam- Director Panos South Asia

2 – Sadanand Menon- Photographer

3- Bennadict – Advertisement Professional

Lunch break 12-45 to 1-15 PM

Third Session –Horizons of Visual Communication ( Academics)

Time- 1- 15 to 2-15 + 15 min of discusion (2.30 PM)

1- Hariharan- Director LV Prasad Academy

2- Abdul Faiz- HoD Viscom New College

3- Syed Ali Mujtaba PhD - Faculty SSS Shasun Jain College

Fourth Session – Conventional and Social Media ( Academics)

Time -2-30 – 3.30 + 15 min of discussion – (3-45 PM)

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2- Rama Prabha- HoD Viscom GuruNanak College

3 - Tamil Selvi - Faculty SSS Shasun Jain College, Chennai

  ValedictorySession - 3-45 to 4-15 PM

Speaker- P.M. Beliappa IAS (rtd)

Tea and Closing 4-15 to 4-30

Media Seminar Press Release

Challenges and Responsibilities in Media Practices

Press Release

Is media really fulfilling its social responsibility? Is a booming mass media posing threats to the democratic way of thinking? Is it posing challenges to a country like India where media has a greater social responsibility rather than merely providing information and entertainment?

In order to address such issues and many more, a one day seminar “Challenges and Responsibilities in Media Practices” is organized on Friday March 2, 2012, by the Visual Communication Department of the Sri Shankerlal Sunderbai Shashun Jain College for Women, Chennai.

“In recent times Indian media has been subject to a lot of criticism for the manner in which they have disregarded their obligation to social responsibility, says Mr. Vimal Kumar Srimal, Secretary SSS Shasun Jain College.

“Though media has at times successfully played the role of a watchdog and has also aided in participatory communication, values and ethics, the corner stone of media responsibility is missing.”

“The purpose of the seminar is to discuss ways and means of inculcation of professional integrity and ethical standards in media practices through self regulatory mechanism across media organizations,” he adds

There are four working sessions and two of them ‘Values and Ethics in Media Practices’ and ‘Technology in Media Practices’ are going to be addressed by media professionals. The other two; ‘Horizons of Visual Communication’ and ‘Conventional and Social Media’ will be handled by academicians of media studies of Chennai colleges.

An impressive panel of speakers is lined up for the day. S Muthiah, Journalist and Madras Historian will the giving the key note address at the inaugural session. The Valedictory speech will be by P.M. Beliappa IAS (rtd).

TN Gopalan- Senior Journalist, (BBC Tamil), Babu Jaikumar, Senior Journalist Indian Express, K.N Arun - Senior Journalist are on the panel ‘Values and Ethics in Media Practices.’

AS Panneerselvam, Director Panos South Asia, Sadanand Menon (Photographer and media critique) and Benedict Gnaniah, Advertisement professional, will be speaking on ‘Technology in Media Practices.’

K. Hariharan, Director LV Prasad Film and TV Academy, Abdul Faiz. HoD Viscom New College and Dr. Syed Ali Mujtaba, senior journalist and Faculty SSS Shasun Jain College will be address the theme ‘Horizons of Visual Communication.’

Sourav Jain - Echo Virtual Marketing Ecosystem, Rama Prabha- HoD Viscom GuruNanak College, Tamil Selvi - Faculty SSS Shasun Jain College, Chennai will be speaking on the panel ‘Conventional and Social Media.’

The seminar is open to media professionals and academicians and all those who have a deep interest in the media discourse. The students of Visual Communication of SSS Shasun Jain College will be the core participants of the seminar.

Further details of the seminar can be obtained from Tamil Selvi – 9884442999- 9840698069

Randar Guy - Reaction fro IIIrd Year students

The guest lecture by Mr.Randar Guy was interesting and informative. He shared his experiences about Hollywood films. He also explained about promotion of the film. Nice experience with him. - DIVYA.E

Randor Guy told us many things about Hollywood films. His talk was very informative to us. We came to know many things from him particularly about the classic Hollywood movies. His session was very interesting.- POOJA GEHLOT

Lecture of Randor Guy was very informative. We got to know about the working condition in Hollywood. He talked about the making of some great movies and he narrated them in a very interesting manner. - LATHIKA.S

The elements of film study session with Mr.Randor Guy was awesome. He talked about his real life brushes with Hollywood. It was such an honour to have a session with a legend like him. We are very thankful for organizing such guest lecture and we are looking forward to have many more session like this.
-NEHA N.M

  The guest lecture who came yesterday, it was awesome experience which he had in his life time. The thoughts of him was mostly based upon Hollywood films.He also explained about the promotion of films. He gave many examples and mind blowing thoughts and ideas of him in both Hollywood and Bollywood films.- SUJITHAMBIKA

The guest showed awesome experience he had in his life time. He gave useful information on ‘elements of film studies. He also explained about the promotion of films. He gave many examples from both Hollywood and Kollywood films. - AMRUTHA.N

The guest lecturer's thoughts and ideas on film making was excellent. He also shared his own experiences which he had in the making of the films. His narration of dialogues from old films was interesting.I liked it much when he shared his experience with great artist “BABU” and many other personalities. On the whole the entire session was awesome.- SOWMYA.N.K

The guest lecture by Randor Guy was interesting. We learned from him many things. It was useful for us. He was telling his experience in Hollywood film. He told about all Hollywood actors in a very nice way. It was a learning exercise.-AISWARYA SARANYA.S

Mr.Randor Guy had immense experience with international cinema.He shared wonderful experience of his instint at Hollywood. It was great time interacting with such a experienced person like Mr Guy. I am inspired to be like him.-HEMALATHA.RB

Mr.Randor Guy has wide knowledge on international cinema. He shared his experience with us. It was very useful.- PAVITHRA.U

Mr.Randor Guy at the of 77 was such a energetic person.We came to know many things about Hollywood and Hollywood films. We feel very proud to attend his lecture. He gave us some names of the Hollywood films that muy be screened in our college. - DIVYABHARATHI.R

Mr.Randor Guy gave lots of information about Hollywood cinema. He also shared his working experience in Tamil cinema industry.The session was useful for us. We feel very proud to attend his guest lecture.-DEVIPRIYA.U

Mr.Randor Guy is a great person. We got lots of knowledge from hearing him. He told us about his history of Hollywood cinema and also about Indian cinema. He shared his experience in Hollywood. We had a great time listening to him. - DEEPIKA.S

The Randor Guy was very amusing person. He has a wonderful sense of humour. He shared lots of experience of his life and times. It was great opportunity to meet him. - KALAIMA.P

The guest lecture by Mr Randor Guy was very informative. He told many things about Hollywood . Ir was interesting to know them from a person who had a personal experience with it. I enjoyed it very much. PREETHI LAKSHMI.D

The session on elements of film studies with Randor Guy was very useful for us. The session was interactive. Mr Randor guy told us about his experience with Hollywood film. He suggested the names of some movies for screening and I want the college to have those movies for our department. I think such types of interaction should be conducted regularly. - RAMYA.T

The guest lecture with a legend Mr.Randor Guy was very useful for the media students. It was very informative and interesting. We came to know a lot about Hollywood cinemas. He also gave us many ideas for our projects. We expect some more such guest lecture in the near future.- NIVEDITHA.C

The session with Mr Randor Guy was very useful for media students. We got some idea about technical side of the film making. We all enjoyed it a lot as his talk made us to think more.- GAYATHRI.P

Mr.Randor Guy lecture was very interesting. It was a great opportunity for us to have him here in our college. We enjoyed this section and we asked him questions regarding Hollywood.- NISHA

 

The speech of Randor Guy was interesting. Mostly the told us about Hollywood cinemas. He shared stories of so many award winning film. He has a great sense of humour . It is a great opportunity to interact with him.- RUDHRAJAYASHREE.S

We came to know a lot about the Hollywood cinemas and also about the top movies of Hollywood. I would like to thank the the college for giving the opportunity to meet Mr Randor Guy.- NIKITHA.S

First of all i must thank our college to give us the opportunity to meet the flim historian Mr Randor Guy. He is a very experienced person. We came to know a lot about Hollywood films. Its very nice and useful session indeed.-AXALIN.S
  

Randor guy session was awesome. The way of his explaining things was superb. His knowledge in the world of cinema is mind blowing. I thoroughly enjoyed this session and loved it completely. More guest lecture like this could be of great use for us.-  SHURTHI SARAGARAJAN

The guest lecture of Randor Guy was very interesting. We came to know more about Hollywood. He gave us lot of information on how the people work in Hollywood and how it got its name. He told us the difference of working in Hollywood and Kollywood film industry. It was a very nice session, we enjoyed it a lot. I thank the college for this.- MONICA.G

Randor Guy- Feedback from the IInd year

• To be born as a human, one should be like Mr. Randor Guy. He is a person who loves multitasking. I’ve always been inspired by his articles. The guest lecture was one of the best moments in my life . I got to meet him in person and listen to his lecture. It was so interesting and so inspiring that I never realized the time fleeing. The facts he gave about Cinema as a whole was very scintillating. His personal experiences with eminent personalities added flavour to his lecture. His sense of wit and humour made the talk even more interesting. I was glued to the talk until it got over. I loved it when he said “The best way to know about Hollywood history is to watch many Hollywood movies”. To be precise, Mr. Randor Guy is certainly a mobile encyclopaedia of cinema. - Sruthi. M

• Mr. Randor Guy has a great exposure in the field of Cinema. His lecture on Hollywood Cinema was inspiring. His jokes and wit added to this inspiration. He took us to a long journey into Hollywood cinema. It was a great exposure.This lecture was the best I have ever heard till date. Mr. Randor Guy is sincerely a great guy. Prasiddha. S

• Randor Guy lecture was really helpful for us to gain knowledge about the origin of Hollywood films. It helped us to know about the famous directors and actors in the Hollywood. - Monica. S

• The session on elements of film studies with film historian Mr. Randor Guy was informative. He gave us a whole lot of information about Hollywood Cinema. The facts that he shared about Hollywood Cinema were amazing. It was a lifetime experience. His lecture was scintillating. We want more such lectures. Gaudhammi. P.N

• Mr. Randor Guy is such an amazing person. He has a great knowledge about Hollywood Cinema. The session with him was a piece of education. It was indeed a great experience to listen him. - Ranjini. Ranganathan

• I really enjoyed the talk of Mr. Guy. He shared many of his experiences. He told us about Hollywood films and Hollywood actors. It was useful for our subject elements of film studies. - Rajashree. D

• Mr. Randor Guy gave very good information about the Hollywood Cinema. He talked about his experience in the Hollywood cinema. How the word Hollywood came into existence , a brief description of some actors, directors and film studios. He told us about the working conditions in the Hollywood. It was a pleasure to hear him. - Falguni Shah

• Mr. Randor Guy gave us a great deal of information about the Hollywood cinemas. It was a very useful lecture for our subject elements of film studies. - Suvetha. J

• The guest lecture held on December, 6, 2011 by Mr. Randor Guy was interactive and informative. He discussed a lot about the Hollywood classics. We got to know through him the finer points of story writing, directing and other departments of cinema. His lecture made us realize that film making is similar exercise, be it Hollywood, Bollywood, Kollywood, etc. Krithika. L

• Mr. Randor Guy who came to our college on 6^th December 2011 was a great speaker. His talk on the history of cinema Hollywood cinema was informative. He knows so much about cinematic history. I admired his knowledge I wish he comes again to give another lecture. - Deepa. G

• The guest lecture held on Hollywood cinema by Randor Guy was an interactive session. He gave a introduction about what film making is all about and how production houses got their name and fame and so on. He also told about his experiences in the Hollywood, the actors with whom he worked with. He also told us about the difference between Hollywood and Kollywood. Listening to him was a great experience. His style of narration was very good. - Anusha. S

• The session by Mr. Randor Guy was interesting. He shared his experience about the days he spent in USA and about his connection with Hollywood cinema. I am glad to have attended the session with Mr Guy. - Akalya. V

• The guest lecture on Hollywood cinema was useful to me. I came to know that there is lot to learn about films. I really thanks Mr. Guy for making my day so special. I want another guest lecture from him.- Sasikala. R

• Mr. Randor Guy gave us a very interesting insight into the classical period of Hollywood cinema. The humour behind few movies, the unknown nuggets of information on film personalities, film-makers and production houses made the session very enjoyable. Mr. Guy is like an encyclopaedia of cinema. It was a delight to interact with him.- Niveda Manohar

• I was really inspired by Mr. Randor Guy’s speech. Apart from the history of Hollywood cinema, he gave us the details about the artists and the technology of Hollywood cinema. We expect more sessions from Mr. Randor guy in future if possible.- Sri Divyalakshmi. K

Randor Guy talk - Reaction from First Year Viscom Students

1- We had great time with Mr Randor Guy. Sir gave us many ideas and huge amount of information. He talked about different form of film making in Hollywood as well as gave examples from Tamil Cinema. We liked it very much - Mahalakshmi

2- It was a beautiful moment interacting with Mr Randor Guy. He is a authority on the history of cinema. I came to know many interesting things from him. He gave many tips on film making. I thank our college for giving us this wonderful opportunity to meet listen and talk to this great person. - Saranya S

3- It was nice to meet a famous and great person like Randor Guy, he talked about his experiences and stories about his life, we expected more content on the cinematic history, he let us down. No offences – Anonymous

4- Mr Randor Guy is a mobile encyclopaedia, we were moved by the amount of information he gave to us. He refereed to Hollywood celebrities as if they are our next door neighbour. His cinematic experience can be measured through his speech/ We felt quite inspired and i am thankful to the management for giving up the opportunity to meet this great personality.- Vaishnavi Krishnan

5- It was a nice opportunity to meet Mr Randor Guy and hear him on the subject Hollywood cinema. Mr Guy seem to be perfect guy to talk to us on this subject. He made us really dream big. In my opinion he may be useful for the students of second year studying elements of film history but he was still good to us well. He gave the names of number of Hollywood classics that i will definitely watch in the days to come. - Porinima
6 - We had a great pleasure to hear a great personality like Mr Randor Guy. His speech was about his experiences with Hollywood cinema. His lecture was awesome. Y. Kavya 
7- I thank the department of Visual Communication for calling Mr Randor Guy and share his experiences of Hollywood cinema. He also share his experiences of Telegue and Tamil cinema. I expected he may be giving some career guidance on how to enter into the flim industry. Any way no regrets it was a great experience. - R Aishwariya 
8- I thank the college for calling Mr Randor Guy. He lecture was very informative. We got some idea about the movie world, mainly about the Hollywood movies. We want more such lectures in future. - Khusboo Kumari   9- It was great thing to meet Mr Randor Guy. He gave us many ideas of the making of the movies. As a viscom student i am greatly benefited from him. I thank the college for calling him. Sasi Kumari 
10- We have definitely improved our knowledge on Hollywood cinema by listening to Mr Randor Guy. I thank the college for giving us this opportunity. It was wonderful experience. - Subasri
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• 11 - After listening to Mr Randor Guy, i am inspired to watch Hollywood movies My interest in cinema and more so in Hollywood cinema is generated after hearing his talk. We had a great time with Mr Guy. I thank the college for giving us this opportunity. - D Preethi

12- Its life time opportunity to meet Mr Randot Guy. He talked about many things and gave us lot of ideas. He talked about different models of film making, his lecture was very informative. - S. Nithya

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13 - It was a very interesting speech, i liked it very much Randor Guy is such a nice guy. We learned a lot hearing his experiences- Revathi

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14 - Mr Randor Guy gave us a great opportunity to have a peep into the Hollywood cinema. His talk was very good. We had great education listening to him. - Vidhya

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15 - Mr Randor Guy is a great personality. He gave us lot of information on Hollywood films. It was a good programme. I thank our college for this. J. Jayashree

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16 - Mr Randor Guy's speech was superb. We learnt a great deal from him. We want him again to talk to us. - Gomathi

R.Ramanidharan- Faculty Viscom

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