Indian Journalism in a New Era

Description

In the ever-changing information environment of the early twenty-first century, citizens and journalists alike are eagerly adapting to new technologies, and India is no different. The country’s communication revolution in the post-liberalization era has led to one of the largest media markets in the world. Further, changes in media ownerships and the blending of news with opinions have impacted established practices of reporting. Given the breadth and scope of India’s media, there is little meaningful literature available about journalism practised in the country today.

Indian Journalism in a New Era brings together informative and critical contributions about contemporary Indian journalism from twenty-one Indian and global scholars and journalists. The book is divided into four different sections, each addressing one relevant aspect: history and evolving changes; social media and e-journalism; marginalization; and pedagogy, ethics, and public sphere. The contributors address issues like changes in journalism practices, socio-economic conditions of the Indian state, and minority politics. Holistically, the volume focuses on the ways to approach and analyse the enormity and scope in Indian journalism, media technology, and global relations.

About the Editor

Shakuntala Rao is professor at the Department of Communication Studies, State University of New York, Plattsburgh, USA.

Contributors

Shakuntala Rao

Prasun Sonwalkar

Deb Aiket, Daya Thussu

Radhika Parameswaran

Sunitha Chitrapu

Roshni Susana Verghese

Tabarez Niyazi, Kalyani Chadha

Prasanth Bhat,

Smeeta Mishra

Monica Chadha

Saayan Chattopadhyay,

Dhiman Chattopadhyay

Arif Hussain Nadaf,

Ram Awtar Yadav,

Kanchan K. Malik

Usha Raman

Mohan J. Dutta,

Ashwini Falnikar

Anup Kumar

Geeta Seshu

Table of contents

Acknowledgements

List of Abbreviations

1. Introduction

Shakuntala Rao

Part One History and Evolving Changes in Journalism

2. From Akhbarat to Print: The Hybridity of News Culture in Early Indian Journalism

Prasun Sonwalkar

3. An Inexorable Watchdog of Democracy: Theorizing Press Censorship in 1975–7 as a Watershed Media Moment in India

Deb Aikat

4. A Missing Voice: India in the Global News Space

Daya Thussu

5. An Incomplete Journalism Parivar : The Story of India’s Missing News Magazine Industry

Radhika Parameswaran, Sunitha Chitrapu, and Roshni Susana Verghese

Part Two Social Media and e-Journalism

6. Internet Vernacularization, Mobilization, and Journalism

Taberez Ahmed Neyazi

7. The Media Are Biased: Exploring Online Right-Wing Responses to Mainstream News in India

Kalyani Chadha and Prashanth Bhat

8. ‘Tweet First, Work on the Story Later’: Role of Social Media in Indian Journalism

Smeeta Mishra

9. Indian News Entrepreneurs and Their Digital News Startups

Monica Chadha

10. Mapping the News App Ecosystem: Indian General Elections, Mobile Apps, and Emerging News Culture

Saayan Chattopadhyaya

Part Three Marginalization and Journalism

11. Gender and Journalism: Selection and Framing of Rape News in Indian Media

Dhiman Chattopadhyaya

12. Media and the Existing News Narratives in Kashmir Conflict

Arif Hussain Nadaf

13. Covering the Green Beat: Environmental Journalism in India

Ram Awtar Yadav and Kanchan K. Malik

Part Four Ethics, Pedagogy, and the Public Sphere in Journalism

14. Principle or Practice? Pedagogic Challenges in Indian Journalism Education

Usha Raman

15. The 24/7 English News Cycle as a Spectre of Neoliberal Violence Mohan J. Dutta and Ashwini Falnikar
16. Journalistic Subcultures: Rules, Values, Routines, and Norms of English-Language and Hindi-Language Media

Anup Kumar

17. Journalism and Ethics: India Media Mines the Private

Geeta Seshu

Index

About the Editor and Contributors