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Media, Globalization and Nationalism: The Case of Separate Telangana

Inukonda, Sumanth
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1457733967

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2016, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Bowling Green State University, Media and Communication.
Theorists of globalization tend to presume the declining centrality of nationalism as an explanatory focus for understanding global power relations. This dissertation argues that far from declining in significance, nationalism encompasses both hegemonic and counter-hegemonic, mediatized processes of power struggle, processes that draw increasingly from resources that are both internal and external to geographic domains of conflict, and in a manner that re-patterns power relations at the local, national, regional and global levels. This project examines the relationship between media, nationalism and globalization in Telangana and its relationship with marginalized groups in the region, with a particular focus on the media practices of Telangana activists such as production of pamphlets, use of online forums and access to mainstream television, radio, print media and social communication. This dissertation argues that despite not having a media of its own, and in spite of hostility of established Telugu media, the Telangana movement furthered its goals to strategic use of one-to-one and one-to-many media that operated in an oral culture. The success of the movement can be credited as much if not more, to bringing sections of Telangana society disaffected by globalization through nationalist mobilization since the mid-1990s as it could be the politically opportune moment in 2013 when the Telangana Bill was passed by the parliament. The movement is noted for being largely peaceful and employed non-violent strategies, although it can be argued that the suicides by young people were instances of self-inflicted violence.
Oliver Boyd-Barrett (Advisor)
Stefan Fritsch (Other)
Radhika Gajjala (Committee Member)
Lara Lengel (Committee Member)
262 p.
Communication; Mass Media
Globalization; Media; Mediatization; Nation-State; Nationalism; Social Movements; Telangana

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  • Inukonda, S. (2016). Media, Globalization and Nationalism: The Case of Separate Telangana [Doctoral dissertation, Bowling Green State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1457733967

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Inukonda, Sumanth. Media, Globalization and Nationalism: The Case of Separate Telangana. 2016. Bowling Green State University, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1457733967.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Inukonda, Sumanth. "Media, Globalization and Nationalism: The Case of Separate Telangana." Doctoral dissertation, Bowling Green State University, 2016. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1457733967

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