Media and mediation/ edited by Bernard Bel

The Quest for Theory - Biswajit Das Mapping Communication Studies in IndiaInvestigating Communication - Biswajit Das, Vibodh Parthasarathi and Guy Poitevin Remooring the Contours of ResearchPART ONE: CONSTRUCTIONS AND CONFIGURATIONSIntroductionFulcrums of Administration`Beyond the Reach of Monkeys and Men'? O'Shaughnessy and the Telegraph in India c.1836-56 - Deep Kanta Lahiri ChoudhuryInformation Society as if Communication Mattered - Dipankar Sinha The Indian State RevisitedLandscapes of CommerceConstructing a `New Media' Market - Vibodh Parthasarathi Merchandising the Talking Machine, c.1900-1912A Question of Choice - Maitrayee Chaudhuri Advertisements, Media and DemocracyArenas of AssimilationMediating Modernity - Biswajit Das Colonial Discourse and Radio Broadcasting, c.1924-1947In Search of Autonomy - Shanti Kumar The Nationalist Imagination of Public BroadcastingPART TWO: ANATOMIES OF ARBITRATIONIntroductionInvasion and IntrusionState, Market and Freedom of Expression - Uma Chakravarti Women and Electronic MediaForging Public Opinion - G Krishna Reddy The Press, Television and Electoral Campaigns in Andhra PradeshInteraction and AppropriationPersonal and Social Communication - Bernard Bel Two Instances of Electronic MailCommunication for Socio-Cultural Action - Jitendra Maid, Pandit Padalghare and Guy Poitevin `Is the Discourse "on" or "off"?'Interrogation and ContestationThe Political Meaning of a River - J[um]oel Ruet Intellectuals and the Economy of Knowledge Around the NarmadaThat Persistent `Other' - Pradip N Thomas The Political Economy of Copyright in India