Format:
1 online resource (250 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9780415501637
,
9781317809722
Content:
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
Note:
Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction: India in the News, the News in India -- 1. Methods and madness: The mechanisms behind this research -- 2. From state control to corporate hegemony: A brief history of Indian television -- 3. Corporate incursions: Branding programmes, selling myths -- 4. Newsworthy? Rating news for a constructed audience -- 5. Collaboration and critique: Editorial responses to corporate incursions -- 6. Optimistic news: What makes the screens -- Conclusion: Understanding news through ethnography -- Appendices -- Appendix 1: The World According to TAM -- Appendix 2: MCCS Analysis of TAM Ratings, Star News and Star Ananda, Week 23, 2006 -- Appendix 3: News Content, Star News and Star Ananda, 14-16 June 2006 -- References -- About the Author -- Index
Additional Edition:
Print version Batabyal, Somnath Making News in India Oxford : Taylor & Francis Group,c2012 ISBN 9780415501637
Language:
English
Keywords:
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