Mediascape and The State A Geographical Interpretation of Image Politics in Uttar Pradesh, India /

• Main Author: Moinuddin, Shekh (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
• Series: Springer Geography,
• Subjects: Geography.; Communication.; Political science.; Mass media.; Social sciences in mass media.; Human geography.; Geography, general.; Human Geography.; Media Studies.; Political Science.; Media Sociology.

This book investigates image politics during elections and how the political discourse is reflected during the Uttar Pradesh assembly elections in 2012 by the media and the state. It reveals new dimensions of media geography in India and makes image construction and interpretation easy to comprehend...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction: Mediascape and the State
• Mapping the Mediascapes in India
• UP- the Heartland of Indian Politics and Polity
• From Regional to National: The Making of UP as the “Heartland” of Indian Politics and Polity in Media
• Locating the Communal Vote Bank Politics in the Mediated Heartland of Uttar Pradesh
• From National to Regional: Development and Governance as the New Avatars of UP Heartland Politics
• Postscript.