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VIT: For India’s youth
Voice of India Today (VIT) targets the modern day teenagers of India bringing to them current affairs and infotainment news from across the world.
YuvaTV!
The youth no longer get their news from just watching TV. In fact, studies indicate that they prefer spending hours on social networking sites to get their daily dose of news. In such a scenario how does TV news survive the onslaught of the 'digital age'? Debesh Banerjee suggests a way out through a TV news channel for the Indian youth.
Buggle: a 1970’s approach to 21st century TV
As the advent of the internet, and an increase in mobile devises, seeks to threaten televisions dominant position at the centre of media consumption, Ashley Fraser looks at how TV can embrace these technologies to recapture the teenage audience.
‘Yoof’ News
Teenagers are turning away from news in their droves. Despite the plethora of online and offline sources that now exist to provide us with our daily dose of news, sport and entertainment, none have managed to capture a large youth audience. Ashley Crowson sets out his plan to introduce Britain's teenagers to news.
Identiteens
Studies show that teenagers are increasingly disinterested in news and current affairs. News channels in India are yet to recognise teenagers as potential consumers. No effort is being taken to create content to attract them. Recognising it as an untapped market, here is a proposal for a news channel for Indian teenagers.
So what’s new…
Watching the news remind us of our parents forcing us to switch over at six o’clock to catch the events of the day. In 2009, Matthew Robson aged 15, helped compile a report about teenage media habits that revealed that teen’s today don’t consume ‘traditional’ media.
South Dorset MP slams EU as ‘federalist nightmare’
South Dorset MP Richard Drax has slammed the European Union as a " legal and financial federalist nightmare", during an emergency House of Commons debate this week.
Climate change affecting hedgehogs
Studies have shown that climate change has affected the behaviour of migrating birds, trees coming into leaf, and frogs spawning. Research in the 1970s revealed a direct link between hibernation and the climate which marked a difference in hedgehog hibernation patterns across the UK. With the help of the public, scientists will be repeating the survey to see what effect climate change is having on the hedgehogs in England.
Poole youth MP elected
Poole elects new members to Youth Parliament on anti-bullying platform. Over 120 young people packed into Poole’s civic…