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Media Space and Gender Construction: A Comparative Study of State Owned and Private Channels in the Post Liberalisation Period
Author: Shekh Moinuddin
Date Of Publication: Nov 2010
Isbn13: 978-1-4438-2503-0
Isbn: 1-4438-2503-4
Media Space has become a rich intellectual resource in understanding spatial complexities. This innovative book extends the understanding of spatial perspective to non-material spaces. The relationship between geography and gender is explored from an Indian perspective with the help of Media Space. Media Space is a virtual and metamorphic space where people can express and communicate views, ideas, images, and texts. Media Space is indeed a place where the construction of gender stereotypes, using various media, influences viewers. This study offers a diagnostic look at visual media and their consideration of soap operas, in term of both State and market responsibility, since liberalization took place in India. The study broadens the research scope of the geographical perspective in both non-material and material space, including television and other modes of virtual space.
Shekh Moinuddin is trained as a geographer and political scientist. He is teaching as Guest Assistant Professor in Kalindi College, University of Delhi, India. He has published papers in International Journal. His main areas of research are media-politics, minorities studies, and globalization. He is associated with ICSSR (the Indian Council for Social Science Research).
Price Uk Gbp: 34.99
Price Us Usd: 52.99
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—Associate Professor Peter Dunbar-Hall, University of Sydney
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University of Western Ontario
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