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Tracking the Media Interpretations of Mass Media Discourses in India and Pakistan

Tracking the Media Interpretations of Mass Media Discourses in India and Pakistan

This book is about media content analysis in the English language print media in South Asia with reference to certain contemporary issues. It is written from the perspective of the need to analyze media discourses and the ways in which their circulation creates a ‘common sense’ view of the world. The focus is on English language papers and news magazines; additionally some Hindi Urdu and Sindhi newspapers are examined. The highlight is on the ways in which English language publications contribute to and function within middle class matrices of modernity consumption conflict and conservatism in India. The book will interest those in media and communication studies journalism language and literature sociology and culture studies. | Tracking the Media Interpretations of Mass Media Discourses in India and Pakistan

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Cultural Studies in India

Cultural Studies in India

This volume discusses the development of cultural studies in India. It shows how inter-disciplinarity and cultural pluralism form the basis of this emerging field. It deals with contemporary debates and interpretations of post-colonial theory subaltern studies Marxism and post-Marxism nationalism and post-nationalism. Drawing upon literature linguistics history political science media and theatre studies and cultural anthropology it explores themes such as caste indigenous peoples vernacular languages and folklore and their role in the making of historical consciousness. A significant intervention in the area this book will be useful to scholars and students of cultural studies and theory literature history cultural anthropology sociology and media and mass communication as well as the general reader.

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Claiming India from Below Activism and democratic transformation

Claiming India from Below Activism and democratic transformation

Going beyond electoral politics and government this volume broadens the scope of the functioning of democracy in India and explores citizens’ role in the implementation of public policy. It looks at the ways in which extra-parliamentary power monitoring devices such as public institutions citizens’ associations or assemblies and the mainstream and emerging forms of the media permeate through the political order. The volume: • brings participation and communication in governance and policy making to the centrestage; • examines case studies of state and citizen engagement from across India; and • presents perspectives of practitioners activists and scholars to provide a comprehensive view of the debates surrounding the idea of Indian democracy. This book will be useful to scholars and researchers in politics political science media studies public administration sociology and social anthropology as well as the interested general reader. | Claiming India from Below Activism and democratic transformation

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