Political Communication in Contemporary India: Locating Democracy and Governance

This book explores the forms, patterns, and trends in political communication in India in the twenty-first century. It underlies the influence of context in political messaging laying bare its complex, overlapping, and multidimensional structures.

The volume:

Examines how political decision-making is shaped by media -- through political speeches, community opinion leaders, and formal and informal public conversations. Explores a range of political communication channels-- from community radio to social media. Presents an overview of the problems associated with message designing and message dissemination through communication channels in a political setting. Highlights how political communication impacts critical aspects of democracy and governance and goes beyond mere rhetoric.

A comprehensive work on the production, diffusion, transmission, and impact of information in a political environment, this book will be of great interest to scholars and researchers of politics, governance, democracy, media and communication studies, journalism, cultural studies, and South Asian studies.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0367687925
• ISBN13: 9780367687922
• Release Date: August 2023
• Publisher: Routledge India
• Length: 190 Pages
• Weight: 0.99 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"