The Indian Media Actors And Their Role In The Indian Politics And Democracy

Vipul Vedant, Jindal Global Law School

RESEARCH OBJECTIVE

The aim of this paper is to examine the relationship between media and politics in India with a focus on media structure, media actors, and media ownership in the context of the role of media in modern democratic regimes. In liberal democracy, media actors play a significant role; political elites commonly use media to manipulate the masses and obtain approval to reproduce their dominant ideology, and media discourses form the masses' views and desires. There are two parts to this paper. The first section establishes a theoretical structure for the relationship between media and politics. A literature review on the subject is also included in this section. The second section will be a discussion section that will examine the position of the media in Indian politics as well as media ownership practises and their influence.