Culture, Power and Representation

The state and politics have significantly influenced the institution of television in India. But, despite the recent proliferation of literature on mass media, the political history of state-run broadcasting, particularly television, remains unexamined. Most studies have dealt either with the general history of broadcasting or the post-1991 satellite television boom, ignoring the political contexts of the1980s – a period that witnessed both rapid growth and development of state-run television and political instability in the Indian States of Assam, Kashmir and Punjab.