Somnath Batabyal

Making News in India (eBook, PDF)

Star News and Star Ananda

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Post-liberalisation India has witnessed a dramatic growth of the television industry and on-screen images of the glitz and glamour of a vibrant, 'shining' India. Through a detailed ethnographic study of Star News and Star Ananda involving interviews, observations and analysis, this book explores the milieu of 24-hour private news channels in India today.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 250
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. März 2014
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781317809722
• Artikelnr.: 40808478

Autorenporträt

Somnath Batabyal is currently Post-doctoral Fellow at the University of Heidelberg, Germany.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements. Preface 1. Introduction: News of a middle-class nation
2. Methods and madness: The mechanisms behind this research 3. From state
control to corporate hegemony: A brief history of Indian television 4.
Corporate incursions: Branding programmes, selling myths 5. Newsworthy?
Rating news for an imaginary audience 6. Collaboration and critique:
Editorial responses to corporate incursions 7. Optimistic news: What makes
the screens 8. Conclusion: Understanding news through ethnography.
Appendix. Bibliography. About the Author. Index