Media and mediation /
editors Bernard Bel [and others].
- 474 pages ; 23 cm.
- Communication processes ; v. 1 .
- Communication processes ; v. 1. .
Includes bibliographical references.
1. The quest for theory: mapping communication studies in India / Biswajit Das -- 2. Subaltern participation or democratic cooperation / Biswajit Das, Vibodh Parthasarathi, Guy Poitevin -- 3. 'Beyond the reach of monkeys and men'? O'Shaughnessy and the telegraph in India c.1836-56 / Deep Kanta Lahiri Choudhury -- 4. Information society as if communication mattered: the Indian State revisited / Dipankar Sinha -- 5. Construing a 'new media' market: the merchandising of recorded music, c.1900-1912 / Vibodh Parthasarathi -- 6. A question of choice: advertisements, media, and democracy / Maitrayee Chaudhuri -- 7. Mediating modernity: colonial discourse and radio broadcasting, c.1924-1947 / Biswajit Das -- 8. In search of autonomy: the nationalist imagination of public broadcasting / Shanti Kumar -- 9. State, market, and freedom of expression: women and electronic media / Uma Chakravarti -- 10. Forging public opinion: the press, television, and electoral campaigns in Andhra Pradesh / G. Krishna Reddy -- 11. Personal and social communication: two instances of electronic mail / Bernard Bel -- 12. Communication for socio-cultural action / Jitendra Maid, Pandit Padalghare, Guy Poitevin -- 13. The political meaning of a river: intellectuals and the economy of knowledge around the Narmada / Joel Ruet -- 14. That persistent 'other': the political economy of copyright in India / Pradip N. Thomas.
"This volume is devoted to understanding the politics in, and of, communication. The contributors explore the political terrain on which various processes of communication unfold, as well as investigating the political configurations of communication processes.; ; Through conceptual articulations, theoretical constructs and empirical data, the volume addresses such questions as: how fruitful is communication as a concept? What types of insights does it yield? and Do these insights emanate from academic engagements or from practices within society?; ; ?? Communication Processes Volume 2: Domination and Appropriation ?? ; ; Bernard Bel et al; ; Cloth (0-7619-3446-4) available March 2006"--Publisher description.