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Reporting the Raj - The British Press and India, C.1880-1922 (Paperback, New)
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Reporting the Raj - The British Press and India, C.1880-1922 (Paperback, New)
Series: Studies in Imperialism
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This highly original and lively study represents the first analysis
of the dynamics of British press reporting of India and the
attempts made by the British Government to manipulate press
coverage as part of a strategy of imperial control. The press was
an important forum for debate over India's future and was used by
groups within the political elite to advance their agendas. Yet it
also provided the wider British public with the information and
images from which they formed their perceptions of the
subcontinent. The repercussions of press reporting were therefore
considerable, being felt not only in Britain, but also within India
and the wider world. For this reason British imperial
administrators felt the need to integrate press management with
their approach to government. Kaul focuses on a period of critical
transition in the history of the Raj, a period which witnessed the
impact of the First World War, major constitutional reform
initiatives, the tragedy of the Amritsar massacre, and the
launching of Gandhi's mass movement. The war was also a watershed
in official media manipulation, the Government's previously
informal and ad hoc attempts to shape press reporting were placed
on a more formal basis and explicitly incorporated into official
strategy. This book will be essential reading for students of the
British Empire, Indian history and the British press. It also
offers important insights for students of media and communications
studies and the history of political communication - and indeed
anyone concerned with understanding the ever-deepening relationship
between politics and the mass media today.
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