Media

Abstract

This article traces the changes in radio policy highlighting the influence of the political economic vision of the Indian state. Emphasising that changes in media policy have followed the same trajectory as economic policy, namely, that of liberalisation, deregulation and globalisation, the article argues that these have contributed to the creation of a depoliticised transnational consumerist media and culture, addressing which requires policy intervention to support alternative structures that could sustain plurality and diversity in the media.