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'Televisual' Body Journalistic Field and Corporate Media Culture in India

'Televisual' Body Journalistic Field and Corporate Media Culture in India

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<strong>CENTRE FOR MEDIA STUDIES SCHOOL OF SOCIAL SCIENCES</strong> a talk by <strong>Dr. Ranjith Thankappan</strong> (Assistant Professor, Dept. of Communication, EFL University, Hyderabad) on <strong>'Televisual' Body Journalistic Field and Corporate Media Culture in India</strong> DATE:<strong> 17th November 2016</strong> <strong>Abstract : </strong>Television and politics remain mutually reflective of the affective dimensions of deep cultural divisions in Indian society. This paper is an attempt to suggest some of the cultural trends visible in the contemporary journalistic practices of national television channels. The televisual body is used as a spatio-temporal trope to understand onscreen visualisations of this phenomenon of televised politics. It has been suggested that these are historically constituted as part of the emergent corporate media culture and reflect the evolving contours of contemporary Indian television. Dr. Ranjith Thankappan is a journalist-turned-academic working as Assistant Professor in the Department of Communication, School of Interdisciplinary Studies, The English and Foreign Languages University, Hyderabad (India). His research interests include Media Studies, Print History, Journalism Cultures and Popular Culture. He is working on a monograph on Indian media representations.  

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