The Technopolitics of Communication in Modern India

The Technopolitics of Communication in Modern India explores the changing role of technology in the history of political communication in India today, from newspapers, manifestos and magazines to modern social media platforms. The book looks at the way these changing media have been used to create socio-political communities of identity by both state and non-state actors - a process that has become of urgent concern in the volatile, social-media fuelled age of populist politics. Pragya Dhital analyses elite communications during key moments of modern Indian political history, including World War 1, the 1975-77 emergency and the 2014 elections to build a detailed account of how political messages are shaped and received and how these dynamics now threaten liberal democracy in India today.