Disrupting Mainstream Journalism in India: The Rise of Alternative Journalisms Online - Hardcover

Chadha, Kalyani

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1032154470 ISBN 13: 9781032154473

Publisher: Routledge, 2024

Synopsis

Disrupting Mainstream Journalism in India offers a comprehensive and empirically-grounded analysis of the production of digital journalism by marginalized groups within Indian society.

Drawing on in-depth interviews with practitioners as well as samples of news content, the author critically examines the way in which varied forms of digital alternative journalism provide socially, economically and politically disadvantaged groups with new and unprecedented opportunities to express their own perspectives, as well as offering alternatives to the hegemony of mainstream news narratives. These marginalized groups include women, Dalits and Muslims whose voices tend to be erased or misrepresented within the public sphere. By exploring these disruptions, Chadha offers insight into not only into the new media landscape of India but also its implications for journalism and democracy at large.

Disrupting Mainstream Journalism in India is a valuable empirical resource for students and scholars interested in Indian media, journalism and democracy.

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About the Author

Kalyani Chadha is an associate professor at Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism, Media, Integrated Marketing Communications. Her research focuses on the media and journalism landscape in India, with a recent emphasis on the rise of various forms of digital journalism, both right wing and outlets aimed at marginalized groups. Her work has appeared in numerous prestigious journals, including Digital Journalism and Journalism Studies as well as several edited collections. She recently co-edited a collection titled Newswork and Precarity published by Routledge. She serves on the editorial boards of Digital Journalism, Journalism Practice and Mass Communication and Society.

Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2024
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1032154470
• ISBN 13: 9781032154473
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 132