Communication Processes Volume 1: Media and Mediation

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 This book might of interest to students and scholars of media studies, history and sociology, and evolving concerns in cultural studies and public policy; also recommended for readers interested in development studies. -- Journal of South Asian Development Combining theoretical discussions with empirical case studies, this volume delineates the possibilities and potentials of excluded people seeking inclusion, as well as the complexities and contradictions inherent in the process. -- The Pakistan Development Review

The Quest for Theory - Biswajit Das Mapping Communication Studies in India Investigating Communication - Biswajit Das, Vibodh Parthasarathi and Guy Poitevin Remooring the Contours of Research PART ONE: CONSTRUCTIONS AND CONFIGURATIONS Introduction Fulcrums of Administration `Beyond the Reach of Monkeys and Men'? O'Shaughnessy and the Telegraph in India c.1836-56 - Deep Kanta Lahiri Choudhury Information Society as if Communication Mattered - Dipankar Sinha The Indian State Revisited Landscapes of Commerce Constructing a `New Media' Market - Vibodh Parthasarathi Merchandising the Talking Machine, c.1900-1912 A Question of Choice - Maitrayee Chaudhuri Advertisements, Media and Democracy Arenas of Assimilation Mediating Modernity - Biswajit Das Colonial Discourse and Radio Broadcasting, c.1924-1947 In Search of Autonomy - Shanti Kumar The Nationalist Imagination of Public Broadcasting PART TWO: ANATOMIES OF ARBITRATION Introduction Invasion and Intrusion State, Market and Freedom of Expression - Uma Chakravarti Women and Electronic Media Forging Public Opinion - G Krishna Reddy The Press, Television and Electoral Campaigns in Andhra Pradesh Interaction and Appropriation Personal and Social Communication - Bernard Bel Two Instances of Electronic Mail Communication for Socio-Cultural Action - Jitendra Maid, Pandit Padalghare and Guy Poitevin `Is the Discourse "on" or "off"?' Interrogation and Contestation The Political Meaning of a River - J[um]oel Ruet Intellectuals and the Economy of Knowledge Around the Narmada That Persistent `Other' - Pradip N Thomas The Political Economy of Copyright in India