TY - BOOK AU - Harindranath,Ramaswami TI - Audience-citizens: the media, public knowledge and interpretive practice SN - 9788178299358 (hard back) U1 - 302.33 PY - 2009/// CY - New Delhi, India, Thousand Oaks, Calif. PB - Sage, Sage KW - Mass media KW - Political aspects KW - India KW - Social aspects KW - Democracy KW - Politics and government N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. [255]-267) and index; Introduction : media audiences, public knowledge and democracy -- Audiences and socio-cultural contexts -- Understanding 'understanding' : the hermeneutics of audience reception -- Exploring 'context' -- Documentary meanings and public knowledge -- Methodological reflections on 'cross-cultural' audience research -- Non-fiction and audience evaluations -- Ethnicity, multiculturalism and interpretive practice -- Making connections : media audiences and cultural citizenship -- Concluding comments ER -