Indian media in a globalised world - Ranganathan, Maya (SAGE, 2010)
Includes bibliographical references and index
Glocalisation of Indian television / Usha M. Rodrigues -- Nationalism as a marketing tool by MNC advertisements / Maya Ranganathan -- Print media in the era of globalisation / Usha M. Rodrigues -- Commercial FM radio takes over Indian cities / Maya Ranganathan -- The pan-Tamil rhetoric in regional media / Maya Ranganathan -- Citizen journalism and the public sphere in India / Usha M. Rodrigues -- The Naga nation on the Net / Maya Ranganathan -- Towards a more inclusive Indian identity? A case study of the Bollywood film Swades / Maya Ranganathan -- Public service broadcasting in India: Doordarshan's legacy / Usha M. Rodrigues -- The archetypes of Sita, Kaikeyi and Surpanaka stride the small screen / Maya Ranganathan -- Freedom in Indian blogosphere / Maya Ranganathan -- Television policy in India : an unfulfilled agenda / Usha M. Rodrigues
This book explores the transformation of Indian media in the context of two major developments: globalisation (which Sociologist Anthony Giddens terms as being 'revolutionary') and advances in communication technologies. It is rich in empirical details of how the Indian media has evolved in the past two decades, particularly in the context of potential to transform, construct and nurture particular identities in response to globalisation. The study of the transformation of Indian media is significant because not only has globalisation allowed access to a host of things hitherto represented as