Headlines from the heartland : reinventing the Hindi public sphere /
In the 1990s, a newspaper revolution began blowing across northern and central. India. When literacy levels rose, communications expanded, and purchasing power. climbed in these Hindi-speaking states, newspapers followed?picking up readers. in small towns and villages. Even while these newspapers su...
Saved in:
| Main Author: | |
|---|---|
| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Los Angeles [Calif.] :
SAGE Publications,
©2007.
|
| Subjects: | |
| Online Access: | Available via EBSCO eBook Collection |
| Tags: |
Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
|
| Summary: | In the 1990s, a newspaper revolution began blowing across northern and central. India. When literacy levels rose, communications expanded, and purchasing power. climbed in these Hindi-speaking states, newspapers followed?picking up readers. in small towns and villages. Even while these newspapers surged to the top of. national readership charts, they localised furiously in the race for readers. But in this universe of local news, questions arose about what localisation was. doing to regional identity and consciousness. Using notes from her pioneering field-study in eight states, Sevanti Ninan. |
|---|---|
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (308 pages) : illustrations, map |
| Format: | Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 298-300) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9788178299716 8178299712 9788132111818 8132111818 0761935800 9780761935803 |