3-day virtual media symposium concludes at Sargodha University.

SARGODHA -- A three-day virtual media symposium, organised by the E-Media Society of the Department of Communication and Media Studies of the Sargodha University, concluded here on Sunday.

The power of media and digital technologies, the impact of corporatism on the media, interference by the management and the government in editorial control and journalists' credibility were some of the topics touched upon by senior media persons on the last day.

National and international media practitioners and academicians including Voice of America (VOA) multimedia broadcaster Saqib-ul-Islam, Vice President National Press Club Islamabad Dr Sadia Kamal ,renowned journalist/analyst and Editor-in-Chief of Online International News Network Mohsin Jamil Baig, Vice Chancellor Sargodha University Dr Ishtiaq Ahmad, anchorperson Imran Sanaullah, media activist Nuzhat Nazar and Assistant Professor Abdul Rehman Qaiser sensitised the youth about media's role in nation-building.

Senior journalist and Vice President National Press Club Islamabad Dr Sadia Kamal said that media's job is to present facts to people to enable them to make up their own opinions about the issues at hand. She said that new media has given the power to influence public opinion by eliminating the monopoly of owners, pressure groups and institutions. With its association to citizen journalism, the social media is playing vital role by keeping a close watch on the state of economic and political events and highlighting its weaknesses and strengths at the...