Bøger af Avani Maniar

India has the largest young population in the world which is driving the digital media consumption. Media consumption across the globe is increasingly happening in digital formats. The demand for online digital entertainment services like sound and video streaming is increasing. Nowadays Indian young youth follows OTT platforms. They ignore their studies, work, family, and friends. Every time every second youth opens the mobile screen, laptop screen, tab screen and watches web-based videos. This is detrimental to their physical and mental development. Thus, if these youths are glued and become addicted to these programs on internet, they will have lesser time to interact with human beings. There surely will be a lot of behavioural changes in today¿s youth if they are exposed to excessive violence shown on web series. Hence, it is imperative to study in the present context about the web series and its influence on the youth.The sample of the study comprised of 120 youth from Vadodara city.

The present study throws the light on the utilization of the DTH TV by the families. The study has revealed that the families selected the DTH TV because it provides the high quality of picture and sound, number of channels and more facilities at lower cost. Therefore, it can be said that the DTH has proved its benefits for which it was introduced. DTH TV should be adopted by more number of families if it maintains its quality. There should be facilities which users can use easily and can understand the benefits of using it. The new technology in television should be introduced at an affordable cost so that users will be able to enhance their TV viewing. It will certainly make the DTH TV more useful.

Population ageing is a process no longer confined to industrialized countries. Many developing countries are now also experiencing ageing of their populations, reflected by the rising share of the elderly in the total population. Not only are developing countries ageing, they are ageing at a much faster rate and at a much earlier stage of economic development, thus placing them at a greater disadvantage in terms of their ability to respond to ageing developments. The availability of domestic resources, for example, to finance ageing pressures on public finances and public services are likely to be more limited. In addition, the political timeframe available to formulate and implement appropriate policy responses will be shorter. Developing countries are confronting ageing pressures at a time when social security coverage is still limited to a minority of the better-off elderly population, and when the systems of protection which have supported the elderly in the past are gradually eroding. Old age is commonly associated with retirement, illness and dependency. Most government jobs have set the retirement age at sixty. However, in a country such as India, where no universal social security exists, people tend to work as long as they can: About seventy percent of the elderly in India still work like the rest of the adults. It is important to recognize the strengths of the old and empower them rather than to adopt a paternalistic attitude that can have devastating impact on the self-esteem of the elderly citizens. This study takes a close look at silver workers in Vadodara, India, who are working in their retirement age. By undertaking such a research, the government and civil society will be enabled to provide a better work environment for the silver workers.

The internet is a system of enormous technical and social complexity. It comprises a gigantic but almost invisible universe that includes thousands of networks, millions of computers, and billions of users around the world. The internet has widened its reach among people by taking them away from just using it for emails and chat rooms to giving them more alternative media tools to use from. It has given power to the masses to speak about their rights, share their views on particular topics or events, and showcase their abilities to the world. It also provides an opportunity to learn an endless amount of different things, viz. different languages, cuisines, arts, crafts, and much more. The internet can be whatever we make of it. We can shape and form it. But most importantly, we can use it to connect people, communities, and countries around the world. In 2014, India was the third-largest online market with more than 198 million internet users, ranked only behind China and the United States and declaring itself as a market not to be ignored on the global stage. Furthermore, men dominated internet usage with 61 percent, while only 39 percent of women used it. The average daily online usage in India amounted 5.1 hours. There are 345 million users in India, counted in January 2016. With the growing needs of humans, it has become a challenge for women to fulfill all their responsibilities and to perform all their roles at the same time. Therefore, their dependency on family members, helpers/maids, friends, neighbors, and the media has increased. Media here includes print (i.e. newspaper, magazine, tabloids), electronic (i.e. television, radio), and new media (i.e. internet and mobile technology). This study evaluates how the internet can help working women to perform their household responsibilities.