TY - BOOK AU - Thomas,Pradip TI - Political economy of communications in India: the good, the bad and the ugly SN - 9788132104490 U1 - 302.230954 22 PY - 2010/// CY - New Delhi, India, Thousand Oaks, Calif. PB - SAGE Publications KW - Mass media KW - Economic aspects KW - India KW - Political aspects KW - Mass media policy KW - Communication policy N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; A history of structures. An introduction to the political economy of communications -- The political economy of communications in colonial India : mass communication and the empire -- The political economy of communications in post-colonial India (1948-1985) -- The political economy of communications in the new India (1986 to present) -- Processes and means. The great Indian copyright conundrum -- The political economy of audio-visual trade -- The informationalisation of life processes : biotechnology, it and life as code -- Christian fundamentalism and the media : the case of Christian broadcasting in India -- Poverty and the media -- Resistance. Resistance : community radio and the right to information movement in India -- Beyond the dominant paradigm of communication rights : operationalising communication rights in India ER -