Community Newspapers in India

Manifestations and Metamorphosis
1. Auflage 2025
ISBN: 978-1-032-33073-0
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)

Buch, Englisch, 176 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 259 g

This book provides a comprehensive account of community newspapers in India discussing their reach, practices, management and influence on communities.

It focuses on the core characteristics associated with community media, such as access and participation, advocacy and self-management among other. With the help of detailed case studies of two established newspapers – Khabar Lahariya and Namaskar, the book highlights the unique aspects of their rhizomatic expansion and the practices for social change. By examining their manifestations and metamorphosis, the book shows how community media is fluid and evolves with time owing to diverse motivations. The author also examines themes such as media democracy and citizens engagement; role of alternative media and the diversity of practices and profiles to highlight the relevance, identity and purpose of alternative media in general and community newspapers in particular.

This book will be of interest to scholars and researchers of media studies, journalism and mass communication, political studies, development studies, law and South Asian studies. It will also be useful to NGOs and CSOs working in the areas of community engagement, social development and empowerment, and literacy.

Zielgruppe

Postgraduate

Autoren/Hrsg.

Sinha, Annapurna

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Stadt- und Regionalsoziologie
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Regionalwissenschaften, Regionalstudien
• Sozialwissenschaften Medien- und Kommunikationswissenschaften Kommunikationswissenschaften Kommunikation & Medien in der Politik
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Kultur Politische Propaganda & Kampagnen, Politik & Medien
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Mediensoziologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Medien- und Kommunikationswissenschaften Medienwissenschaften

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Tables. Acknowledgements. Foreword by Prof. Kanchan K. Malik. 1. Community Newspapers for Media Democracy and Citizens Engagement 2. Locating Community Newspapers in Alternative Media Research 3. Community Newspapers in India: Diversity of Practices and Profiles 4. Transformation for Empowerment: An Analysis of Multi-Dimensional Growth of Khabar Lahariya 5. Advocacy for Social Change: An Analysis of Namaskar as Radical and Critical Media 6. Rethinking Roles and Modes of Community Newspapers. Index

Über Autor(innen)

Annapurna Sinha is a Lecturer in the International Communication Programme at Bina Nusantara University in Jakarta, Indonesia. Her research spans communication for development and social change, community media, gender, and multiple literacies. She obtained Ph.D. in Communication from the University of Hyderabad in India. She worked with leading business dailies, including The Economic Times and Business Standard in India.