Digital Public Policy and the Future of Indian Newsrooms

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@article{1712167,
      author = {Mehak Kaushik, Dr. Upasana Khurana},
      title = {Digital Public Policy and the Future of Indian Newsrooms},
      journal = {Iconic Research And Engineering Journals},
      year = {2025},
      volume = {9},
      number = {5},
      pages = {1456-1468},
      issn = {2456-8880},
      url = {https://www.irejournals.com/formatedpaper/1712167.pdf},
      abstract = {The rapid expansion of India?s digital ecosystem?powered by affordable data, widespread smartphone penetration, and evolving state-led digital governance?has fundamentally reshaped the structure and functioning of Indian newsrooms. Digital public policy initiatives such as Digital India, data governance frameworks, online content regulation, platform accountability norms, and public-service digital infrastructure are redefining how information is produced, circulated, monetized, and trusted. This paper explores the intersection of digital public policy and newsroom transformation in India through a human-centered lens. It examines how journalists, editors, and media institutions are navigating technological disruptions, regulatory uncertainties, economic pressures, and shifts in audience behavior. The study highlights the opportunities emerging from digitization?such as democratized access, new storytelling formats, and public-interest technology?while also acknowledging challenges like algorithmic opacity, misinformation, newsroom precarity, and threats to editorial independence. The paper concludes with policy recommendations to ensure that digital public policy strengthens, rather than weakens, India?s democratic communication ecosystem.},
      keywords = {Digital Public Policy, Indian Newsrooms, Media Regulation, Platformization, Digital Journalism, Algorithmic Governance, Media Democracy.},
      month = {November},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.64388/IREV9I5-1712167}
  }