• Political Mapping of Media in India

    Author(s):
    SHEKH MOINUDDIN
    Editor(s):
    Jyotirmaya Patnaik (see profile)
    Date:
    2015
    Group(s):
    Communication Studies, Cultural Studies, Digital Humanists, Information Ecosystems, Television Studies
    Subject(s):
    Communication in politics, Politics and government, India, Journalism, Communication
    Item Type:
    Article
    Tag(s):
    region, reservation, caste, Political communication, Politics, Mapping, Space
    Permanent URL:
    http://dx.doi.org/10.17613/eq1p-mz65
    Abstract:
    Every day media is interpreting the space with a new name, identity and representation. The media discourse shaped in such extent that the identity of a space is deflecting from original and existing together with new name both together as well. The constructed identity and existing identity of the region is shaped in such an extent that the space is known with a new identity apart from original social, cultural and geographical identity. How the issue of reservation, caste and corruption being fixed with a regional space and the issues found more or less everywhere same in the country. How media fixed these spaces with new identity where roles of media was inevitable. The study inhibits specific issues based news from both print and visual media and assessing viewers through it and mapping the region over it. The study based on field surveys across six capital cities (Lucknow, Patna, Ranchi, Delhi, Jaipur and Bhopal) of northern India where political fever remain found high and both media and politicians supposed to shaping and reshaping these spaces in order to reflect a mediated identity apart from traditional identity.
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    Pub. DOI:
    10.15655/mw/2015/v6i2/65669
    Publisher:
    Media Watch
    Pub. Date:
    2015-4-21
    Journal:
    Media Watch
    Volume:
    6
    Issue:
    2
    Page Range:
    226 - 237
    ISSN:
    2249-8818,0976-0911
    Status:
    Published
    Last Updated:
    2 years ago
    License:
    All Rights Reserved

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