TY - BOOK AU - Harindranath,Ramaswami TI - Audience-citizens: the media, public knowledge and interpretive practice SN - 9788178299358 (hard back) AV - P 92.I7 H37.2009 PY - 2009/// CY - New Delhi, India, Thousand Oaks, Calif. PB - Sage KW - Mass media KW - Political aspects KW - India KW - Medios de comunicación masiva KW - Aspectos políticos - KW - Social aspects KW - Aspectos sociales - KW - Democracy KW - Democracia KW - Politics and government KW - India - KW - Política y gobierno N1 - Incluye bibliografía (páginas [255]-267) e índice; Introduction : media audiences, public knowledge and democracy -- Audiences and socio-cultural contexts -- Understanding 'understanding' : the hermeneutics of audience reception -- Exploring 'context' -- Documentary meanings and public knowledge -- Methodological reflections on 'cross-cultural' audience research -- Non-fiction and audience evaluations -- Ethnicity, multiculturalism and interpretive practice -- Making connections : media audiences and cultural citizenship -- Concluding comments ER -