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Children and Media in India

Narratives of Class, Agency and Social Change

By: Shakuntala Banaji

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Children and Media in India

Narratives of Class, Agency and Social Change

By: Shakuntala Banaji

Is the bicycle, like the loudspeaker, a medium of communication in India? Do Indian children need trade unions as much as they need schools? What would you do with a mobile phone if all your friends were playing tag in the rain or watching Indian Idol? Children and Media in India illuminates the experiences, practices and contexts in which children and young people in diverse locations across India encounter, make, or make meaning from media in the course of their everyday lives. From textbooks, television, film and comics to mobile phones and digital games, this book examines the media available to different socioeconomic groups of children in India and their articulation with everyday cultures and routines. An authoritative overview of theories and discussions about childhood, agency, social class, caste and gender in India is followed by an analysis of films and television representations of childhood informed by qualitative interview data collected between 2005 and 2015 in urban, small-town and rural contexts with children aged nine to 17. The analysis uncovers and challenges widely held assumptions about the relationships among factors including sociocultural location, media content and technologies, and children’s labour and agency. The analysis casts doubt on undifferentiated claims about how new technologies ‘affect’, ‘endanger’ and/or ‘empower’, pointing instead to the importance of social class – and caste – in mediating relationships among children, young people and the poor. The analysis of children’s narratives of daily work, education, caring and leisure supports the conclusion that, although unrecognised and underrepresented, subaltern children’s agency and resourceful conservation makes a significant contribution to economic, interpretive and social reproduction in India.

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Taylor & Francis

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1317399439

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9781317399438

Social Media and Hate

By: Shakuntala Banaji,Ramnath Bhat

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Social Media and Hate

By: Shakuntala Banaji,Ramnath Bhat

Using expert interviews and focus groups, this book investigates the theoretical and practical intersection of misinformation and social media hate in contemporary societies. Social Media and Hate argues that these phenomena, and the extreme violence and discrimination they initiate against targeted groups, are connected to the socio-political contexts, values and behaviours of users of social media platforms such as Facebook, TikTok, ShareChat, Instagram and WhatsApp. The argument moves from a theoretical discussion of the practices and consequences of sectarian hatred, through a methodological evaluation of quantitative and qualitative studies on this topic, to four qualitative case studies of social media hate, and its effects on groups, individuals and wider politics in India, Brazil, Myanmar and the UK. The technical, ideological and networked similarities and connections between social media hate against people of African and Asian descent, indigenous communities, Muslims, Dalits, dissenters, feminists, LGBTQIA communities, Rohingya and immigrants across the four contexts is highlighted, stressing the need for an equally systematic political response. This is an insightful text for scholars and academics in the fields of Cultural Studies, Community Psychology, Education, Journalism, Media and Communication Studies, Political Science, Social Anthropology, Social Psychology, and Sociology.

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132

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Routledge

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1000553515

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9781000553512

The Civic Web

By: Shakuntala Banaji

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The Civic Web

By: Shakuntala Banaji

An investigation of how governments, organizations, and groups use the Internet to promote civic and political engagement among young people. There has been widespread concern in contemporary Western societies about declining engagement in civic life; people are less inclined to vote, to join political parties, to campaign for social causes, or to trust political processes. Young people in particular are frequently described as alienated or apathetic. Some have looked optimistically to new media—and particularly the Internet—as a means of revitalizing civic life and democracy. Governments, political parties, charities, NGOs, activists, religious and ethnic groups, and grassroots organizations have created a range of youth-oriented websites that encourage widely divergent forms of civic engagement and use varying degrees of interactivity. But are young people really apathetic and lacking in motivation? Does the Internet have the power to re-engage those disenchanted with politics and civic life? Based on a major research project funded by the European Commission, this book attempts to understand the role of the Internet in promoting young people's participation. Examples are drawn from Hungary, the Netherlands, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Turkey, and the United Kingdom—countries offering contrasting political systems and cultural contexts. The book also addresses broader questions about the meaning of civic engagement, the nature of new forms of participation, and their implications for the future of civic life.

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203

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MIT Press

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0262019647

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9780262019644

Youth Participation in Democratic Life

Stories of Hope and Disillusion

By: Bart Cammaerts,Michael Bruter,Shakuntala Banaji,Sarah Harrison,Nick Anstead,Whitwell,Byrt

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Youth Participation in Democratic Life

Stories of Hope and Disillusion

By: Bart Cammaerts,Michael Bruter,Shakuntala Banaji,Sarah Harrison,Nick Anstead,Whitwell,Byrt

This book is concerned with the contexts, nature and quality of the participation of young people in European democratic life. The authors understand democracy broadly as both institutional politics and civic cultures, and a wide range of methods are used to analyse and assess youth participation and attitudes.

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Springer

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1137540214

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9781137540218

Children and Media in India

Narratives of Class, Agency and Social Change

By: Shakuntala Banaji

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Narratives of Class, Agency and Social Change

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Reading 'Bollywood'

The Young Audience and Hindi Films

By: Shakuntala Banaji

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Reading 'Bollywood'

The Young Audience and Hindi Films

By: Shakuntala Banaji

Reading 'Bollywood' explores the connections between representations of gender, sexuality and ethnicity in Hindi films, socio-political contexts and the construction of gender, sexual and ethnic identity by young audience members in India and the UK. Extended excerpts from in-depth interviews with young viewers, observations and original photographs provide exciting and unique insights about spectatorship as well as material for comparison with theories about Hindi film and studies of film audiences and popular culture worldwide.

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232

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Palgrave Macmillan

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0230001726

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9780230001725

South Asian Media Cultures

Audiences, Representations, Contexts

By: Shakuntala Banaji

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South Asian Media Cultures

Audiences, Representations, Contexts

By: Shakuntala Banaji

‘South Asian Media Cultures’ examines a wide range of media cultures and practices from across South Asia, using a common set of historical, political and theoretical engagements. In the context of such pressing issues as peace, conflict, democracy, politics, religion, class, ethnicity and gender, these essays explore the ways different groups of South Asians produce, understand and critique the media available to them.

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277

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Anthem Press

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1843313200

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9781843313205

Book's by Shakuntala Banaji

Children and Media in India

Children and Media in India

Social Media and Hate

Social Media and Hate

The Civic Web

The Civic Web

Youth Participation in Democratic Life

Youth Participation in Democratic Life

Children and Media in India

Children and Media in India

Reading 'Bollywood'

Reading 'Bollywood'

South Asian Media Cultures

South Asian Media Cultures

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