Professor Shakuntala Banaji
Professor of Media, Culture and Social Change at The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)
London, England, United Kingdom
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Excited to see this chapter *almost* in print. Part of a great volume on the Influence Industry edited by Emma Briant and Vian Bakir . Essential…
Excited to see this chapter *almost* in print. Part of a great volume on the Influence Industry edited by Emma Briant and Vian Bakir . Essential…
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I recently spoke at the Meetup with Industry Experts "Securing Truth in the Age of Information Overload." Here are some key takeaways from the…
I recently spoke at the Meetup with Industry Experts "Securing Truth in the Age of Information Overload." Here are some key takeaways from the…
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When I was a new DEIB practitioner, I once shared that I am Jewish during a leadership training. Afterwords one of the leaders of the organization…
When I was a new DEIB practitioner, I once shared that I am Jewish during a leadership training. Afterwords one of the leaders of the organization…
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The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)
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Professor of Media, Culture and Social Change
The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)
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Publications
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Youth Participation in Democratic Life: stories of hope and disillusion
Palgrave Macmillan, Basingstoke.
This book is concerned with the contexts, nature and quality of the participation of young people in European democratic life. The authors understand democracy broadly as both institutional politics and civic cultures, and a wide range of methods are used to analyse and assess youth participation and attitudes
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Truth Lake
Masala Books http://www.amazon.co.uk/Truth-Lake-Shakuntala-Banaji-ebook/dp/B011BSAIJ2
Set in contemporary India, this gripping literary suspense novel explores the mindsets and paranoia of individuals caught up in the search for a savage killer, but finding along the way seduction, self doubt, and redemption. Truth Lake was shortlisted for the Debut Dagger, and will appeal to readers with an interest in exciting locations, detective fiction and those who enjoy top notch prose.
In the sweltering heat of a Delhi summer, Sara and Adam, two British backpackers, arrive in…Set in contemporary India, this gripping literary suspense novel explores the mindsets and paranoia of individuals caught up in the search for a savage killer, but finding along the way seduction, self doubt, and redemption. Truth Lake was shortlisted for the Debut Dagger, and will appeal to readers with an interest in exciting locations, detective fiction and those who enjoy top notch prose.
In the sweltering heat of a Delhi summer, Sara and Adam, two British backpackers, arrive in Delhi in a state of fear and exhaustion. Their story is deceptively simple: trekking near an isolated lake in the high Himalayas, they have encountered a forest village full of hostile women, and stumbled on a grotesque corpse, almost certainly a White male.
Their host in Delhi is Antonio Sinbari, an expat Italian tycoon with an interest in acquiring Himalayan land for his latest development project. He insists that acting police chief Hàrélal should investigate, and do it discreetly. Hàrélal who is beset by personal demons – his fiesty daughter Tanya, a desire to be promoted – agrees. A suspicious foreign death in India does not look good for anyone. -
The civic web: young people, the Internet and civic participation
The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation series on digital media and learning. MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, USA. ISBN 9780262019644
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(Edited) South Asian media cultures: Audiences, representations, contexts
Anthem Press, London, UK. ISBN 978-1843318422
'South Asian Media Cultures' is a collection of essays that pulls together field-based audience and textual research in areas such as the politics of new media, contemporary television and film in India, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Nepal and their audiences. Through a careful analysis of the various media cultures and practices from across South Asia, this collection addresses pertinent issues such as how discourses on gender, nationalism, ethnicity and class are being expressed by…
'South Asian Media Cultures' is a collection of essays that pulls together field-based audience and textual research in areas such as the politics of new media, contemporary television and film in India, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Nepal and their audiences. Through a careful analysis of the various media cultures and practices from across South Asia, this collection addresses pertinent issues such as how discourses on gender, nationalism, ethnicity and class are being expressed by mainstream media texts across South Asia, and how different groups within the public discern meanings from such discourses.
With this collection, Banaji aims to reduce the reliance on commercial Hindi cinema ('Bollywood') for reference on the politics and history of South Asian Media. Instead, key current research and theoretical debate are presented in an accessible manner. They are organised around three clear themes: 'Audiences, meanings and social contexts', which focuses on the responses of particular social groups to specific media formats, ideas or genres; 'Media Discourse, Identity and Politics', which discusses the complex links between media representations and socio-political identities; and 'Alternative Producers: New Media, Politics and Civic Participation', which describes and assesses the various civic practices and possibilities opened up in South Asia by digital and mobile communications. -
Banaji, Shakuntala (2006) 'Reading Bollywood': the young audience and Hindi films Palgrave Macmillan, New York, US. ISBN 9780230001725
Palgrave Macmillan, New York, US. ISBN 9780230001725
'Her [Banaji's] book is theoretically well grounded, both in debates concerning Hindi films and in audience studies more generally.' - Par Ståhlberg, Young (Nordic Journal of Youth Research)
'Banaji's insightful account in Reading 'Bollywood' enables a substantially finer appreciation of the practices of film-viewing among youth audiences in India and the UK. The refreshing approach and analysis set out in this book compel a serious reconsideration of theories around spectatorship…'Her [Banaji's] book is theoretically well grounded, both in debates concerning Hindi films and in audience studies more generally.' - Par Ståhlberg, Young (Nordic Journal of Youth Research)
'Banaji's insightful account in Reading 'Bollywood' enables a substantially finer appreciation of the practices of film-viewing among youth audiences in India and the UK. The refreshing approach and analysis set out in this book compel a serious reconsideration of theories around spectatorship, ideology, identity, and agency. An important contribution to film and cultural studies.'
- Rashmi Sawhney, Dublin Institute of Technology, Ireland
'This is a really brave book: brave in its exploration of responses to Bollywood films among Indians in Bombay and London; brave in its range exploring both personal and political aspects in them; and brave in its honest admission when findings challenge her expectations. Banaji's book is a major contribution to empirical audience research.'
- Martin Barker, Emeritus Professor, Aberystwyth University, UK
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