02029    a2200337   4500001001100000005001700011008003900028020001800067037003600085040000700121041000800128072001700136072001600153072001500169072001400184072001600198072001400214072001300228072001300241072001100254072001600265072002100281072001500302100001900317245005300336250000600389260003200395300001000427520123200437700002201669131529379X20250317111617.0250312042018GB                   eng    a9781315293790  bTaylor & FranciscGBP 44.99fBB  a01  aeng7 aKNTP22thema7 aJBCT2thema7 aGTM2thema7 aNH2thema7 a1FKA2bisac7 aKNTJ2bic7 aJFD2bic7 aGTB2bic7 aH2bic7 a1FKA2bisac7 aSOC0520002bisac7 a9502bisac1 aShakuntala Rao10aJournalism, Democracy and Civil Society in India  a1  aOxfordbRoutledgec20180905  a166 p  bSince independence in 1947 India has remained a stable and functioning democracy in the face of enormous challenges. Amid a variety of interlinking contraries and a burgeoning media – one of the largest in the world – there has been a serious dearth of scholarship on the role of journalists and dramatically changing journalism practices. This book brings together some of the best known scholars on Indian journalism to ask questions such as: Can the plethora of privately run cable news channels provide the discursive space needed to strengthen the practices of democracy, not just inform results from the ballot boxes? Can neoliberal media ownership patterns provide space for a critical and free journalistic culture to evolve? What are the ethical challenges editors and journalists face on a day-to-day basis in a media industry which has exploded? In answering some of these questions, the contributors to this volume are equally sensitive to the historical, social, and cultural context in which Indian journalism evolved, but they do not all reach the same conclusion about the role of journalism in Indian civil society and democracy. This book was originally published as a special issue of Journalism Studies.1 aVipul Mudgal4B01