Television in Bangladesh

Ratan Kumar Roy is Research fellow at the Centre for Culture, Media & Governance, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi, India. He was trained in anthropology and sociology at the University of Dhaka and South Asian University, and has worked as a television journalist in Bangladesh. He was a Residency Fellow at Asia Culture Centre, Republic of Korea in 2018 and is a member of Early Career Scholars Advisory Committee of International Visual Sociology Association. He has authored many articles in journals and chapters in books. He has also made documentary films and feature stories for television.

‘There is a huge need for comparative studies of the world’s media audiences. Building on the work of Shakuntala Banaji on South Asia, Dr Roy’s important new book provides fascinating insights into the public and private practices of television watching in contemporary Bangladesh. Richly theorized, this study usefully complicates our understanding of the sites of media practices, including both news consumption and news production. Highly recommended!’Nick Couldry, Professor of Media, Communications and Social Theory, London School of Economics and Political Science, UK, and author of Media Society World and Media Rituals

• 1 Introduction: television news and audience in Bangladesh 12 History and politics of news television in Bangladesh in South Asia 213 On the ethnography of television: the field and the work 404 Television viewing culture: perspectives from below 765 Newsroom: culture and politics of news making 1086 Social mobilization and the role of media 1467 TV news, the public and localized public spheres 1618 Television media culture: Hujug and the myth of happenings 1839 Conclusion: the said, unsaid and yet to be said 199