[ecrea] New ethnography of Murdoch news channels in India

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<http://www.bookshopofindia.com/search.asp?action1=default&bookid=9087454>
*Making News in India: Star News and Star Ananda*
by Somnath Batabyal

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"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
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 study not only provides a detailed description of the
television newsroom, its rituals and rhythms, but ventures beyond it to
investigate how editorial and corporate strategies converge increasingly in
an industry driven by profit. Through analysing how TRPs work to produce a
non-inclusive idea of the ‘audience’ and examining hundreds of hours of
news content, the book explores how a vision of nationhood and of a
successful, growing economy, catering primarily to the needs of the
resurgent Indian middle class, is constructed by these channels. "


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