Postmodernism

Postmodernism- a complicated term or set of ideas is hard to define.  The concept particularly appears in a wide variety of areas including art, architecture, music, film, literature, sociology, communications, fashion and technology. It's not clear exactly when postmodernism begin as it replaced modernism drastically in the mid-1980s. Modernism tends to present a fragmented view of human subjectivity and history. For Modernism, fragmentation is tragic, which to be lamented and mourned as a loss. In contrast, Postmodernism, doesn't lament the idea of fragmentation, provisionally or incoherence but rather enjoys it.

Post-modernity or postmodern condition is the economic and cultural condition of society exists after modernity. Modernity ended in the late 20th century, replaced by post-modernity, as per some schools of thought. It may also be said as the extension of modernity to cover the developments denoted by post modernity. The tendency in contemporary culture characterized by the rejection of objective truth and global cultural narrative is postmodernism. The role of language, power relations, and motivations is extremely emphasized and thus it attacks the use of sharp classifications. It may be male versus female, straight versus gay, white versus black, and imperial versus colonial. The highly influenced cultural fields by Postmodernism are literary criticism, linguistics, architecture, visual arts, and music. Postmodernist has significantly given clean sweep to modernist approaches that had previously been dominant, thus it can better be said as the rejection of "modern" scientific mentality developed during the Enlightenment.

The Sensational Beginnings of Yellow Journalism

The term yellow journalism is not a new concept in the arena of journalism and communication. It came from a fight between the two papers over a cartoonist, who created a strip called the "Yellow Man." Yellow journalism is much less common now, than it was in the early 1900s. It’s a very common trend in case of newspapers, magazines, internet sites or television channels to present information in a mediated way to increase their number of readers or viewers. Shocking headlines is a product of yellow journalism still sells more papers. Yellow journalism is embellished or partial writing that is disguised as fact. It can also be described as the journalism of sex, violence or crime. A factual story and writing it in a sensational or distorted way, yellow journalism may be used to invoke fear, loathing, uncertainty or even sympathy in readers.

Though the word was formerly started to describe the journalistic practices of Joseph Pulitzer, William Randolph Hearst proved himself worthy of the title. The practice is tremendously harming the populace both elite and mass. The best way to check the effect of yellow journalism is to prevent facts with several sources. By getting news from more than one venue, it is possible to see yellow journalism and thus can keep an open, and unbiased, mind when searching for the facts.

Live in an era of LPG…..(Liberalization, Privatization, Globalization)

LPG---- Liquefied Petroleum Gas noooo…. its now Liberalization, Privatization, and Globalization. The first commencement towards globalization and economic liberalization was undertaken in India by Dr Manmohan Singh, in 1990s,. It may be considered as the milestone in the economic growth if India and it aimed towards welcoming globalization. Now India has an average yearly growth rate of around 6-7%, may be said as the fastest growing economies in the world. To assess the impact of Globalization it can be said as India has become a huge consumer market by the influence of LPG. To make India world’s 12th largest economy in terms of market exchange rate and 4th largest in terms of the Purchasing Power Parity, the impact of these three are tremendous. As per the World Bank report, the Indian market is expected to grow at around 8% in the year 2010. Although liberalization is often linked with privatization, the two can be quite separate processes.