Print Journalism

PRINT JOURNALISM 4(1+3)

Lesson 11 : The Role of the Press

Mirror of the society

The press also assumed a certain code of private and public conduct, which those in authority were bound to follow. Any deviation from the assumed norms came in for a severe rebuke from the press. It helped to keep the persons in power in check, and to the straight path. By discussing the standards of private and public morals, it also held before the people at large a set of ethical guidelines, and influenced, indirectly, their pattern of private and public behavior. The press became the mirror of the society for all purposes, and not only for depicting individuals and events making news.