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.

1 Introduction: television news and audience in Bangladesh 1

2 History and politics of news television in Bangladesh in South Asia 21

3 On the ethnography of television: the field and the work 40

4 Television viewing culture: perspectives from below 76

5 Newsroom: culture and politics of news making 108

6 Social mobilization and the role of media 146

7 TV news, the public and localized public spheres 161

8 Television media culture: Hujug and the myth of happenings 183

9 Conclusion: the said, unsaid and yet to be said 199