Print Media in Kerala: An Overview – Anna Zacharias
Western print media has witnessed a marked decline in news consumption and circulation. Bucking global trends, print media in India…
Communication, Media and Ideas of the Public Sphere: An Interview with Arvind Rajagopal
Arvind Rajagopal is Professor of Media Studies at New York University and is an affiliated faculty in the Departments of…
The Anthropology of News and Journalism: Global Perspectives by Elizabeth S. Bird (ed.) (2010): A Review by Suanmuanlian Tonsing
The Anthropology of News and Journalism book provides insights to meld the dynamics of anthropological dimensions with media studies. The…
The Popularity of Assam’s Mobile Theatre: The Role of Mediatized Visuality – Rituparna Patgiri
Link to video trailer here. It was 10:15 pm on a Wednesday in September 2019. But the road that connects…
Ornaments and Distinctions: The Case of Digitally Circulated Identity Aspirations – Athira. B.K.
Link to video trailer can be found here. Introduction The significance of a message could be symbolic or economic. Still,…
“It’s the Real Thing”: Advertising Coca-Cola – Sharayu Shejale
Link to part one can be found here. The Coca-Cola company has and continues to be a significant fixture in…
Advertisements in a Globalising and Consumption Driven World – Sharayu Shejale
Advertisements are an interesting entity. They produce and reproduce culture in a very ‘bite-sized’ format and play an important role…
Mahtab’s Prajatantra and His Public Sphere – Tanaya Mohanty
By the early 20th century, several Odia dailies had successfully made their presence felt in Odisha. The Odia print media…
Print Media and the Making of an Odia Identity – Tanaya Mohanty
Media is a massive industry today. Our understanding of everyday life is heavily drawn from it. We live in a…
Media and Health – Suman Mishra
Media are powerful institutions that shape our beliefs about health and diseases. Media (e.g. films, television, books, magazines, newspapers, music,…