News as Culture: Journalistic Practices and the Remaking of Indian Leadership Traditions

By Ursula Rao

Book Overview

Explains the social relevance of news by discussing the relation between media related practices and dynamic cultural repertoires Moves beyond the dichotomy of reader and write in news relations to show how social interactions across these categories interactively create news texts and shape news discourses Provides a timely discussion of the effects of neoliberal reforms on Indian society and traditions Pushes for a new approach in media study by analyzing the 'social life' of news texts

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0857459058
• ISBN13: 9780857459053
• Release Date: January 2013
• Publisher: Berghahn Books
• Length: 228 Pages
• Weight: 0.71 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"