Book review: Mehta Smith, The New Screen Ecology in India: Digital Transformation of Media.

Subramanian, Prerna (2024) Book review: Mehta Smith, The New Screen Ecology in India: Digital Transformation of Media. [Book Reviews] (In Press)

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Abstract

An hour before I penned this review, I was watching a YouTube Short featuring Kareena Kapoor scoffing at the term ‘influencers’ during a podcast hosted by fellow Indian actor Neha Dhupia (2024). Kapoor is an Indian actress belonging to a renowned ‘film family’ that has intergenerationally been raised and has worked in the Mumbai-based film industry. While Kapoor might deride the term ‘influencer’, who are mostly new-age digital content creators, she ironically did so through a YouTube podcast – a storytelling form that has become a critical part of a new wave of digital content creation. Interestingly, Kapoor herself hosts a show on YouTube named What Women Want, which is also broadcast as a radio show owned by Mirchi Radio, owned by media conglomerate Entertainment Network India Limited (ENIL), a subsidiary of The Times Group, illustrating the hybrid nature of contemporary media production.

Item Type: Book Reviews
Subjects: Social Sciences and humanities > Social Sciences > Social Sciences (General)
Social Sciences and humanities > Social Sciences > Journalism, News and Media
JGU School/Centre: Jindal Global Law School
Depositing User: Dharmveer Modi
Date Deposited: 05 Feb 2025 08:59
Last Modified: 05 Feb 2025 08:59
Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1177/13675494241292005
URI: https://pure.jgu.edu.in/id/eprint/9092

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