BBC Reporting in India in The 1970s and 1980s
Globally Connected Media Ahead of Its Time
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11189307 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Scott Frank (0000-0002-9449-2725, Schlumberger (Ireland), corresponding author), Suzanne Franks |
| Year | 2012 |
| Volume | 32 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 207-224 |
| Publication date | 2012-06-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Historical Journal Of Film Radio and Television (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0143-9685 • E-ISSN: 1465-3451 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/01439685.2012.669885 |
| OpenAlex | W2075055059 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 1 |
We are accustomed to the complaint that western media depict the developing world in a stereotyped and inadequate manner. However this article, based on documents in the BBC Written Archives Centre, demonstrates that the way India was reported in the period 1970–1987 provides an exception to this characterisation. The material reveals that the there was surprisingly, an intense care and attention shown by broadcasters and managers to the coverage of India. The factors which underlay this include the growing confidence of the Indian diaspora population, a continuing interest by individual broadcasters in Indian affairs and the influence of an exceptional correspondent in Delhi throughout this period. Moreover the Indian government and indeed many Indian individuals maintained a critical interest, bordering sometimes on an obsession, in the portrayal of Indian affairs by the BBC. The networks between India and its UK diaspora enabled pressure to be exerted on the BBC which, as the records demonstrate, broadcasters took very seriously. This ability of Indians to ‘access’ their coverage (and then complain about it) is an early precursor to the pattern of foreign reporting which prevails today in an era of globally available media
Art · Complaint · Diaspora · Government (linguistics · Media studies · Period (music · Political science · Population · Sociology · African history and culture studies · Demography · History · Law
| Citations per year | 0.4 |
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| Citation span | 2021 - 2022 (2) |
| Highly cited | No |