Die einstigen Kontrahenten in Missouri über die Natur von Nazi-Deutschland, einerseits die konservative Elisabeth Noelle aus Deutschland, andererseits der Sozialist Prither Pal Singh aus Indien, standen sich in ihren späteren Berufskarrieren in Nichts nach. Während Elisabeth Noelle-Neumann eine der wichtigsten Kommunikationsforscherinnen in Deutschland wurde, wurde Prither Pal Singh einer der wichtigsten Kom-munikationsforscher in Indien.
Archana Puran Singh
Short Biography of PP Singh
Born on 3rd October, 1910 at Lakhimpur Kheri (UP), Prof. Prith Pal Singh did Law
from Lucknow University. Thereafter, he practised in the Chief Court on Oudh
from 1932 to 1936. But he had a deep craving for journalism. He decided to go
abroad for higher education in the same. He returned to India in Oct. 1938 after
completing the Diploma Course in Journalism from London University and securing
Master’s Degree from Missouri University, Colombia, U.S.A. When he was in
London, Jawaharlal Nehru invited him to return to Indian and join National
Herald. But when he arrived in Lucknow in Oct. 1938, Mr. T.N. Singh (later
Governor, West Bengal) had just joined the prospective post. Soon the Pioneer
offered Mr. P.P. Singh an identical post. Later, he served the International
News Service – the fore-runner of America’s U.P.I. He also functioned as U.P.’s
Director of Information and Publicity during 1946-47 and was the Chief Editor of
the Department’s Hindi, English & Urdu journals. He was also editor of a Lucknow
Hindi Daily, Navin Bharat for some time and Assistant Editor of a monthly
magazine, Sudha. He wrote a weekly column in the Tribune, Lahore, for several
years. Often, he went to the rescue of AIR for preparing commentaries in Hindi
on current affairs. In 1941, he took up the establishment of the first
full-fledged Dept of Journalism of the Punjab University. He headed this dept
for as long as three decades and retired as Professor and Head of Journalism
from the Panjab University Chandigarh in July 1973. The department set up by him
is the oldest school of journalism in the country. It may be located on the link
provided here:
http://scs.puchd.ac.in.