Mahatma Gandhi and Mass Media - Mediating Conflict and Social Change

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.

List of contents

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

About the author

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.

Summary

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.

Product details

• Authors: Teresa Joseph, Teresa (Alphonsa College Joseph, Joseph Teresa
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 25.09.2023
• EAN: 9780367617202
• ISBN: 978-0-367-61720-2
• No. of pages: 180
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Media Studies, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Colonialism & Post-Colonialism, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Regional Studies, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Asian, Colonialism & imperialism, Politics & government, Regional Studies, Politics and government, Colonialism and imperialism, Regional / International studies, Asian History, Indian sub-continent, South Asia (Indian sub-continent), HISTORY / Asia / South / General