TY - BOOK AU - Harindranath, Ramaswami TI - Audience-citizens: the media, public knowledge and interpretive practice SN - 9788178299358 U1 - 302.23 PY - 2009/// CY - New Delhi PB - SAGE Publications KW - Mass media KW - Political aspects KW - India KW - Social aspects KW - Democracy KW - Politics and government N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; 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 -