"""Mahabharat"" on Doordarshan: The articulation of television and popular culture in India"

India's state owned television system, also called Doordarshan, began transmitting from its experimental facilities in the late 50s. From then till now, television in India has changed dramatically with the introduction of commercially sponsored serialized programs, to the introduction of powerful microwave links that now bring a majority of the country under the umbrella of the National Network broadcast from New Delhi. This project takes a critical look at some of the significant stages of this development, concentrating on the cultural, political, and ideological aspects of the television system in India. This is done by using the methods of critical cultural analysis concentrating on textual and genre analysis.

Name thesis:degree_name

Ph.D.

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Speech Communication

Grantor

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Year dc:date

2011

Author dc:creator

• Mitra, Ananda

Contributors dc:contributor

• Hay, James

• Anthropology, Cultural
• Speech Communication
• Mass Communications

Statement dc:rights

• Copyright 1992 Mitra, Ananda

Language dc:language

eng

Identifier

AAI9236543
(UMI)AAI9236543

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/23078