Television in Bangladesh - Roy

This book examines the role of 24/7 television news channels in Bangladesh. By using a multi-sited ethnography of television news media it showcases the sociopolitical undercurrents of media practices and the everydayness of TV news in Bangladesh. It discusses a wide gamut of issues such as news making; localised public sphere; audience reaction and reviewing culture; impact of rumours and fake news; socio-political conditions; protest mobilization; newsroom politics and perspectives from the ground. an important intervention in the subject This book will be useful to scholars and researchers of media Studies journalism and Mass Communication anthropology cultural studies political sociology political Science sociology South Asian studies as well as television professionals journalists Civil society activists and those interested in the study of Bangladesh.