Television in India: Satellites, Politics and Cultural Change

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Nalin Mehta Nalin Mehta (La Trobe University, Australia National University of Singapore National University of Singapore National University of Singapore)

Television in India

Satellites, Politics and Cultural Change

Nalin Mehta, Nalin Mehta (La Trobe University, Australia National University of Singapore National University of Singapore National University of Singapore)

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Routledge
29 April 2009

Television; Radio & television industry

Series: Media, Culture and Social Change in Asia

"This book examines the development of television in India since the early 1990s, and its implications for Indian society more widely. Until 1991, India possessed only a single state-owned television channel, but since then there has been a rapid expansion in independent satellite channels which came as a complete break from the statist control of the past. This book explores this transformation, explaining how television, a medium that developed in the industrial West, was adapted to suit Indian conditions, and in turn has altered Indian social practices, making possible new ways of imagining identities, conducting politics and engaging with the state. In particular, satellite television initially came to India as the representative of global capitalism but it was appropriated by Indian entrepreneurs and producers who Indianized it. Considering the full gamut of Indian television - from ""national"" networks in English and Hindi to the state of regional language networks – this book elucidates the transformative impact of television on a range of important social practices, including politics and democracy, sport and identity formation, cinema and popular culture. Overall, it shows how the story of television in India is also the story of India's encounter with the forces of globalisation."

Edited by: Nalin Mehta, Nalin Mehta (La Trobe University, Australia National University of Singapore National University of Singapore National University of Singapore)
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm, Spine: 10mm
Weight: 330g
ISBN: 9780415546430
ISBN 10: 0415546435
Series: Media, Culture and Social Change in Asia
Pages: 180
Publication Date: 29 April 2009
Audience: College/higher education , Primary
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Nalin Mehta has a PhD from La Trobe University, Melbourne and has been a Fellow of the International Olympic Museum (2007). A former DFID Commonwealth scholar, he has over 10 years of experience as a broadcast journalist, most recently as Deputy News Editor and news presenter at Times Now, one of India's most popular 24-hour English news networks. His other publications include India on Television (New Delhi: Harper Collins, 2008). He now works for UNAIDS India.

Reviews for Television in India: Satellites, Politics and Cultural Change

This is a new edition of a text which has been used by radiographers at all levels of study for many years. It is aimed at the radiographer and as such covers a wider range of topics than would be required by an assistant practitioner and covers all topics in more detail than necessary at this level. I would recommend it as an essential text at foundation degree level because of the clarity of explanation of a subject which can be difficult to grasp. Principles are clearly explained throughout and are supported by diagrams or charts where appropriate providing visual clarification of some complex principles. It is certainly worth reading the relevant sections and would be a useful reference book in any imaging department or hospital library. <br>- Heather Robinson, British Journal of Healthcare Assistants, February 2008, Vol 02 No 02.