Mediascape and the state : a geographical interpretation of image politics in Uttar Pradesh, India

• Main Author: Moinuddin, Shekh (Author)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham, Switzerland : Springer, 2017.
• Series: Springer geography.
• Subjects: Mass media > Political aspects > India > Uttar Pradesh.; Mass media policy > India > Uttar Pradesh.; Uttar Pradesh (India) > Politics and government.; India > Uttar Pradesh.; elektronické knihy; electronic books
• ISBN: 9783319519326; 9783319519319
• ISSN: 2194-3168
• Physical Description: 1 online resource

This book investigates image politics during elections and how the political discourse is reflected during the Uttar Pradesh assembly elections in 2012 by the media and the state. It reveals new dimensions of media geography in India and makes image construction and interpretation easy to comprehend...

Table of Contents:

• Preface; Acknowledgements; Contents; Abbreviations; List of Figures; List of Images; List of Tables; List of Maps; 1 Introduction: Mediascape and the State; Abstract; 1.1 Negotiating Media(Scapes); 1.1.1 Media as Practice; 1.1.2 Media as Medium; 1.1.3 Media as Ritual; 1.2 Negotiating the State; 1.3 Theoretical Framework; 1.3.1 Media as Space; 1.4 Review of Literature; 1.4.1 Media and Geography; 1.4.2 Mapping Image Politics; 1.5 Focus of Study; 1.6 Study Workout Plan; 1.7 Relevance; 1.8 Conclusion; References; 2 Mapping the Mediascapes in India; Abstract; 2.1 Mapping the Landscapes of Media.
• 2.2 An Experiment with Media in India2.2.1 Tracing the Evolution of Print Media; 2.2.2 Mapping the Growth of Radio; 2.2.3 Emergence and Growth of Television; 2.2.4 The Genesis of Social Media in India; 2.3 Negotiating Everyday Media in India; 2.4 The Political Economy of Indian Media; 2.5 Conclusion; References; 3 Uttar Pradesh: The Heartland of Indian Politics and Polity; Abstract; 3.1 Creating the Heartland; 3.2 The Contemporary Identity of Heartland; 3.2.1 The Making of Heartland Through Caste Politics; 3.2.2 The Making of Heartland Through Communal Politics.
• 3.2.3 Relations of Power: The Centre and the Heartland3.2.4 Producing the Heartland Through Its Electoral Spaces; 3.3 Representation of Heartland in Media Space; 3.3.1 Mediated Caste Politics; 3.3.2 The Political Landscapes of Uttar Pradesh; 3.3.3 Locating Uttar Pradesh Assembly Election 2012 in Media Spaces; 3.4 Conclusion; References; 4 From Regional to National: The Making of Uttar Pradesh as the Heartland of Indian Politics in Media; Abstract; 4.1 Representations and Productions of the Mediated Heartland; 4.2 Mapping the Political Manifesto Through Media.
• 4.3 Political Campaigns and the Representation of Uttar Pradesh in Media4.4 Representing Caste and Communal Politics as the Core of Uttar Pradesh Politics; 4.5 Between Caste and Communal Politics: The Development Agenda; 4.6 Exit Poll and the Politics of Predictions; 4.7 The Division of Uttar Pradesh and the Making and Unmaking of the Heartland; 4.8 Statues, Elephants, Memorials and Parks: The Cultural Capital of the Heartland; 4.9 Conclusion; References; 5 Locating the Communal Vote Bank Politics in the Mediated Heartland of Uttar Pradesh; Abstract; 5.1 Mapping-Mediated Vote Bank Politics.
• 5.2 ConclusionReferences; 6 From National to Regional: Development and Governance as the New Avatars of Uttar Pradesh Heartland Politics; Abstract; 6.1 "Utho, Jago, Badlo": Locating Rahul Gandhi and the Politics of Change; 6.2 Mapping the Politics of Backwardness; 6.3 Development and Governance: The New Inspirational Dreams of Uttar Pradesh; 6.4 Developmental Politics of Land Agitation of Bhatta Parasul; 6.5 Governance and the Politics of NRHM Scam; 6.6 Media and the Politics of Anti-incumbency Wave; 6.6.1 Mapping the Anti-incumbency Political Discourse Between SP and BSP.