In Indian context. 1. The quest for theory : mapping communication studies in India / Biswajit Das -- 2. Investigating communication : remooring the contours of research / Biswajit Das, Vibodh Parthasarathi, Guy Poitevin -- 3. 'Beyond the reach of monkeys and men'? : O'Shaughnessy and the telegraph in India c.1836-56 / Deep Kanta Lahiri Choudhury -- 4. Information society as if communication mattered : the Indian State revisited / Dipankar Sinha -- 5. Construing a 'new media' market : merchandising the talking machine, c.1900-1911 / Vibodh Parthasarathi -- 6. A question of choice : advertisements, media, and democracy / Maitrayee Chaudhuri -- 7. Mediating modernity : colonial discourse and radio broadcasting, c.1924-1947 / Biswajit Das -- 8. In search of autonomy : the nationalist imagination of public broadcasting / Shanti Kumar -- 9. State, market, and freedom of expression : women and electronic media / Uma Chakravarti -- 10. Forging public opinion : the press, television, and electoral campaigns in Andhra Pradesh / G. Krishna Reddy -- 11. Personal and social communication : two instances of electronic mail / Bernard Bel -- 12. Communication for socio-cultural action : 'is the discourse "on", "for" or "of"?' / Jitendra Maid, Pandit Padalghare, Guy Poitevin -- 13. The political meaning of a river : intellectuals and the economy of knowledge around the Narmada / Joel Ruet -- 14. That persistent 'other' : the political economy of copyright in India / Pradip N. Thomas