Political Economy of Communications in India; The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

This book is a critical study of the political economy of communications in India. It explores the ways in which contexts, policies and processes at national and international levels shape media structures and studies how a political economy-inspired approach can be used to understand both media dominance and resistance.The author explores aspects of colonial political economy and how it has shaped the structure of media in India and in many other countries. It also discusses liberalisation, privatisation and media politics in contemporary India. Divided into three sections-structures, means and resistance-the chapters focus on both the electronic and the print media.The book would interest students and researchers of Indian media history, international communication, media and politics, sociology and political economy.

Pradip Ninan Thomas is joint-director of the Centre for Communication and Social Change at the University of Queensland, Australia. He has written extensively on issues related to the political economy of communication and communication rights.