Mahatma Gandhi and Mass Media

ISBN-13: 9780367617202 / Miękka / 2023 / 180 str.

India) Joseph Kerala Teresa (Alphonsa College

Opis

This book explores Gandhi’s engagement with print news media. It examines how Gandhi, the man and his message, negotiated with the socio-political circumstances of his milieu and  the communication strategies that he adopted towards this end, the role that he played in building up alternative modes of communication in South Africa and India.

Spis treści

List of figures Preface 1. Media before Gandhi: colonial communication strategies and contestations 2. The Mahatma, the medium and the message 3. Mediated interventions in South Africa 4. Speaking truth to power: Gandhi and the Press in India 5. Epilogue: mediating conflict and social change: Gandhi’s way. Bibliography

O autorze

Teresa Joseph is Associate Professor in Political Science and Director of the Centre for Gandhian Studies at Alphonsa College, Pala, Kerala, India. Besides having written a number of articles on politics, international relations, mass media, and Mahatma Gandhi, she is the author of Reporting Nuclear Pakistan: Security Perceptions and the Indian Press and co-editor of Deliberative Democracy: Understanding the Indian Experience and Conflict Resolution in South Asia.