Papers by Anuradha Bhattacharjee
Economic and Political Weekly of India , 2018
The Indian mediascape seems diverse at the macro level, with a proliferation of various media pla... more The Indian mediascape seems diverse at the macro level, with a proliferation of various media platforms inherently implying plurality, diversity and consumer choice. This study engages at the micro level to examine the granularity of the Indian media industry to reveal the rather oligopolistic character, with select media organisations dominating over specific markets and market segments. With ownership pattern as proxy for control over media and the information it disseminates, this paper maps the control that the prominent media companies exercise across the various media sectors markets they operate in.
While there are 12 significant producers of news content in India, eight have significant presence in multiple sectors. Detailed information about operations of these eight major Indian news media common ownership units(COUs) was collected across the 11 internationally accepted content and carriage media industries. Standard economic indices of C4 and HHI for every media sector have been used for arriving at the extent of concentration in the media industry being studied. Noam (2009) has initiated the calculation of Company Power Index for media companies operating in multiple media markets based on the Shapley- Shubik Power Index (SSPI). The same methodology has been adopted here.
Media Concentration and Ownership around the World, 2016
This paper traces the relationship shared between the Muslim and Jewish communities in Janjira in... more This paper traces the relationship shared between the Muslim and Jewish communities in Janjira in western India. Janjira was a Princely State till 1948 when it merged with the Indian Union. The Nawab of Janjira was a Sidi (African origin) and its the only place where an African origin dynasty has ruled over a composite non-African population outside Africa.
Fully integrated with Indians, including Muslims, and never having faced any form of anti-Semitis... more Fully integrated with Indians, including Muslims, and never having faced any form of anti-Semitism ever in history, the Indian Jews are distinct from their European and American coreligionists in physiognomy and thought process. The Indian Jews are “Indians” and “Jews” concurrently and in fact the rare diaspora that did not face anti-Semitism at any time from their host community.
Spurred by a newspaper report stating that reported that only 20 people attended a Holocaust commemoration event held at Mumbai, this preliminary research from qualitative
interviews with members of the community in three Indian cities locates the relationship of the Indian Jewish people within the growing centrality of the Holocaust and Yom HaShoah
as markers of the Jewish identity and identity creation. Dwindling in numbers on account of
economic demand pull migration and mixed marriages, members of the diminishing
community are on the cusp of being left out of the ever increasing marker of Jewish identity
if they did not accept a practice they do not relate to. The Indian Jewish community could
well be the much needed “control group” of Jews who have lived and been accepted in
foreign lands, but on their own terms, the lack of which was lamented by Lang (2001)
This article deals with origin, evolution and the heritage of Sufi music. The objective of this a... more This article deals with origin, evolution and the heritage of Sufi music. The objective of this article is to trace the journey of Sufi musical practices and traditions across the world, their forms, and how Sufi music has created a heritage and subculture across the Muslim as well as non-Muslim world carving an identity for itself as liberal or spiritual Islam rather than legal Islam.
Asian Journal of Communication, 2011
An increasing presence of women in the premier professions in India in the past two decades has l... more An increasing presence of women in the premier professions in India in the past two decades has led to an increase in the requirement for business information by women (Gaur, Bhattacharjee, & Pandey, 2010). In addition, the National Readership Study (2006) shows an increase in the readership of English newspapers by women. This study is an attempt to explore the perception of women executives about the business newspapers published in India. The data of the study were collected through an online survey amongst women executives (N =111) and women students (N =83) of postgraduate management studies1 to ascertain the preferred sources of business information, time spent reading business newspaper, the perception about various aspects of business newspaper read by the respondent and level of importance accorded to and satisfaction with specific dimensions of business newspaper read by the respondent. Descriptive statistics are used to analyze and interpret the data. The findings have implications towards making the business newspaper more gender-friendly.
An increasing presence of women in the premier professions in India in the past two decades has l... more An increasing presence of women in the premier professions in India in the past two decades has led to an increase in the requirement for business information by women . In addition, the National Readership Study (2006) shows an increase in the readership of English newspapers by women. This study is an attempt to explore the perception of women executives about the business newspapers published in India. The data of the study were collected through an online survey amongst women executives (N 0 111) and women students (N 0 83) of postgraduate management studies 1 to ascertain the preferred sources of business information, time spent reading business newspaper, the perception about various aspects of business newspaper read by the respondent and level of importance accorded to and satisfaction with specific dimensions of business newspaper read by the respondent. Descriptive statistics are used to analyze and interpret the data. The findings have implications towards making the business newspaper more gender-friendly.
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Papers by Anuradha Bhattacharjee
While there are 12 significant producers of news content in India, eight have significant presence in multiple sectors. Detailed information about operations of these eight major Indian news media common ownership units(COUs) was collected across the 11 internationally accepted content and carriage media industries. Standard economic indices of C4 and HHI for every media sector have been used for arriving at the extent of concentration in the media industry being studied. Noam (2009) has initiated the calculation of Company Power Index for media companies operating in multiple media markets based on the Shapley- Shubik Power Index (SSPI). The same methodology has been adopted here.
Spurred by a newspaper report stating that reported that only 20 people attended a Holocaust commemoration event held at Mumbai, this preliminary research from qualitative
interviews with members of the community in three Indian cities locates the relationship of the Indian Jewish people within the growing centrality of the Holocaust and Yom HaShoah
as markers of the Jewish identity and identity creation. Dwindling in numbers on account of
economic demand pull migration and mixed marriages, members of the diminishing
community are on the cusp of being left out of the ever increasing marker of Jewish identity
if they did not accept a practice they do not relate to. The Indian Jewish community could
well be the much needed “control group” of Jews who have lived and been accepted in
foreign lands, but on their own terms, the lack of which was lamented by Lang (2001)
While there are 12 significant producers of news content in India, eight have significant presence in multiple sectors. Detailed information about operations of these eight major Indian news media common ownership units(COUs) was collected across the 11 internationally accepted content and carriage media industries. Standard economic indices of C4 and HHI for every media sector have been used for arriving at the extent of concentration in the media industry being studied. Noam (2009) has initiated the calculation of Company Power Index for media companies operating in multiple media markets based on the Shapley- Shubik Power Index (SSPI). The same methodology has been adopted here.
Spurred by a newspaper report stating that reported that only 20 people attended a Holocaust commemoration event held at Mumbai, this preliminary research from qualitative
interviews with members of the community in three Indian cities locates the relationship of the Indian Jewish people within the growing centrality of the Holocaust and Yom HaShoah
as markers of the Jewish identity and identity creation. Dwindling in numbers on account of
economic demand pull migration and mixed marriages, members of the diminishing
community are on the cusp of being left out of the ever increasing marker of Jewish identity
if they did not accept a practice they do not relate to. The Indian Jewish community could
well be the much needed “control group” of Jews who have lived and been accepted in
foreign lands, but on their own terms, the lack of which was lamented by Lang (2001)