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- Title
Media and Practices of Mediation: Role of Activist Documentary Films in Indian Mediasphere.
- Authors
Pandey, Sudhir Kumar; Johri, Manjari
- Abstract
After the Second World War, there has been a significant increase in the production of documentary films. It comes under the category of non-fiction films, because it engages with the reality of the present time. Films in general and non-fiction films in particular have always been a popular source of communication. This paper explores the role of activist-documentary films in the present Indian sociopolitical environment. As a communication tool, it is well known that in the moment of social crisis; films, magazines, and television become a significant medium. Particularly, in the post-modern era, popular texts such as film, television and newspapers work as a mediating agency which reveals the system-supporting ideologies.
- Subjects
DOCUMENTARY films; ACTIVISM; MEDIATION; CULTURE; SOCIAL change
- Publication
Labyrinth: An International Refereed Journal of Postmodern Studies, 2015, Vol 6, Issue 4, p69
- ISSN
0976-0814
- Publication type
Article