Disrupting Mainstream Journalism in India

Kalyani Chadha is an associate professor at Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism, Media, Integrated Marketing Communications. Her research focuses on the media and journalism landscape in India, with a recent emphasis on the rise of various forms of digital journalism, both right wing and outlets aimed at marginalized groups. Her work has appeared in numerous prestigious journals, including Digital Journalism and Journalism Studies as well as several edited collections. She recently co-edited a collection titled Newswork and Precarity published by Routledge. She serves on the editorial boards of Digital Journalism, Journalism Practice and Mass Communication and Society.

• List of FiguresAcknowledgementsChapter 1. IntroductionChapter 2. Digital Dalit News Outlets: Facilitating Counterpublic Formation?Chapter 3. Reclaiming Voice? Muslim Produced Online NewsChapter 4. Online Citizen Journalism: Re-Imagining Journalism and FacilitatingParticipation in Rural IndiaChapter 5. Khabar Lahariya: Women-Produced Digital Journalism in Rural IndiaConcluding NoteIndex