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Making news in India : Star News and Star Ananda / Somnath Batabyal ; foreword by Sam Miller.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Batabyal, Somnath, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Star News (Television network : Mumbai, India).
- Star Ananda (Television network : Kolkata, India).
- Television broadcasting of news--India.
- Television broadcasting of news.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (250 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New Delhi : Routledge, 2012.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Post-liberalisation India has witnessed a dramatic growth of the television industry as well as 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 content analysis, this book explores the milieu of 24-hour private news channels in India today. It offers insightful glimpses into the workings of one of the mightiest news corporations in the world and its ability to manufacture everyday reality for its audiences. Based on fieldwork in Mumbai and Kolkata, this s
- Contents:
- 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 TAMAppendix 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
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-138-66243-7
- 1-315-81613-X
- 1-317-80971-8
- 1-317-80972-6
- 9781315816135
- OCLC:
- 879026272
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