TY - JOUR
T1 - Testing concepts about print, Newspapers, and politics
T2 - Kerala, India, 1800-2009
AU - Jeffrey, Robin
PY - 2009/5
Y1 - 2009/5
N2 - This essay attempts to bring greater subtlety to our understanding of the role that print and newspapers play in the shaping of modern society. The essay begins by focusing on the centrality that Jrgen Habermas and Benedict Anderson give to print and newspapers and examines the applicability of their ideas to Kerala, India's most newspaper-consuming state, over the past 200 years. The essay suggests that by conceptualizing print and newspaper development in three stages, we arrive at a more accurate understanding of the impact of print consumption on societies and their politics.
AB - This essay attempts to bring greater subtlety to our understanding of the role that print and newspapers play in the shaping of modern society. The essay begins by focusing on the centrality that Jrgen Habermas and Benedict Anderson give to print and newspapers and examines the applicability of their ideas to Kerala, India's most newspaper-consuming state, over the past 200 years. The essay suggests that by conceptualizing print and newspaper development in three stages, we arrive at a more accurate understanding of the impact of print consumption on societies and their politics.
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U2 - 10.1017/S0021911809000679
DO - 10.1017/S0021911809000679
M3 - Article
SN - 0021-9118
VL - 68
SP - 465
EP - 489
JO - Journal of Asian Studies
JF - Journal of Asian Studies
IS - 2
ER -