The Visceral City and the Theatre of Fear
β Scribed by Ravi Sundaram
- Book ID
- 101409110
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2007
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 414 KB
- Volume
- 77
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0003-8504
- DOI
- 10.1002/ad.552
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β¦ Synopsis
Abstract
Over the last decade in India, intensive urbanisation, with the aid of the mass media, has unleashed a new culture of fear. Widespread access to TV, text messaging and the Internet have heightened and played upon individuals' anxieties. Ravi Sundaram describes how in Delhi, in particular, the media provided the catalyst for βmass hysteriaβ and βpsychosisβ during the summer of 2002. Copyright Β© 2007 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
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