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Bangladesh's changing mediascape : from state control to market forces /

Bangladesh's changing mediascape : from state control to market forces / editors, Brian Shoesmith and Jude William Genilo. - Bristol : Intellect, 2013. - xvi, 404 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references (pages 383-388) and index.

Bangladesh's changing mediascape: An introduction / Brian Shoesmith and Jude William Genilo -- From few to many voices: An overview of Bangladesh's media / Brian Shoesmith and Shameem Mahmud -- Part I: Histories -- The transformation of the Bangladesh Press / Shameem Mahmud -- Radio in Bangladesh: Growth, decline and transformation / Jude William Genilo, Bikash Ch. Bhowmick, and Brian Shoesmith -- Rickshaw Puller's dreams: From a cultural history to an economic geography of Bangladesh popular cinema / Zakir Hossain Raju -- Mülafhireejawa (back to the root): Photojournalism and documentary photography in Bangladesh / Norman Leslie -- Fragile fourth estate: A history of censorship in Bangladesh (1972-2012) / Naeem Mohaiemen -- Media law in Bangladesh / A B M Hamidulo Mishbah -- Part II: Social and political contexts -- Negotiating identity: ISlam in the films of Tareque and Catherine Masud / Juditha Ohlmacher and Anis Pervez -- Women in Bangladeshi soap operas: Myth or reality? / Monami Haque -- 'Digital Bangladesh': Technology, inequality and social change / AJM Shafiul Alam Bhuiyan -- Narratives on digital Bangladesh: Shared meanings, shared concerns / Jude William Genilo, Shamsul Islam, and Marium Akther -- A political history of television in Bangladesh / Brian Shoesmith, Shameen Mahmud, and S M Shameem Reza -- Part III: Media practices -- The profile and activity of citizen journalists: A study on Bangla Blog community / Fahmidul Haq -- Independent cinema in Bangladesh: Its roots, growth, challenges, and opportunities / Fahmidul Haq and Shanthi Balraj -- Politics of restraint: The media and the Chittagong Hill tracts / Hana Shams Ahmen -- Television, discursive spaces, and the public sphere of Bangladesh / Jude William Genilo and Ashik Mohammad Shafi -- Public relations in Bangladesh: Past discourses, future trends / Jude William Genilo and Imtiaz Ahmed Chowdhury -- Challenging the hegemonic gaze: Women and representation in a cross-cultural context / Caitlin Harrison -- Conclusion: A final word on market forces and the Bangladeshi mediascape / Brian Shoesmith and Jude William Genilo.

With contributions from a diverse group of media and communications scholars from around the globe, this title presents a pioneering study of the trends, patterns, and prospects shaping the contemporary Bangladeshi media.



9781841504735 (print) 1841504734 (print)


Mass media--Bangladesh.
Mass media policy--Bangladesh.
Mass media.
Mass media policy.
Massamedia.


Bangladesh.
Bangla Desh.

302.2 / BAN 2013