“A hole new fashion”: The Polo mint campaign in India
Shanti Kumar/University of Texas at Austin
Nestle, Polo, and the collision of high-end fashion with low-end merchandise.
Read moreShanti Kumar / University of Texas
“A hole new fashion”: The Polo mint campaign in India
Know Your Audience: The Quest for Digitally Addressable Systems in India
Shanti Kumar/University of Texas at Austin
An interrogation of the continued quest for digitally addressable systems in India.
Read moreDigitizing India: the transformation from analog to digital cable television
Shanti Kumar/University of Texas at Austin
Sometimes a kiss is just a kiss: (not) responding to the Richard Gere-Shipla Shetty controversy in India
by: Shanti Kumar / University of Texas-Austin
The Indian majority’s non-response to the Gere-Shetty kiss indicates reinforces the notion that diverse cultures in India have known how to live with each other for centuries
Race, Gender and Class in Reality TV: The Case of Celebrity Big Brother 2007 in the U.K.
by: Shanti Kumar / University of Texas at Austin
Kumar discusses representations of race and television using the example of the now infamous racial row on the UK program Big Brother.
Mixing Mythology, Science and Fiction: The Sci-fi Genre in Indian Film and Television
by: Shanti Kumar / University of Texas-Austin
With a limited but growing pool of experienced talent that is increasingly becoming adept in the use of animation and special-effects technologies, the Indian animation industry is looking both inward and outward for business and creative opportunities.
Fox News and the Redefinition of “Objectivity” in U.S. News Media
by: Shanti Kumar / University of Texas at Austin
In the world of 24-hour cable news, Fox News has emerged as the dominant channel by redefining journalistic “objectivity” as only a path toward a greater goal.
Religious Tolerance versus Tolerance of Religion: A Critique of the Cartoon Controversy in Jyllands-Posten
by: Shanti Kumar / University of Texas at Austin
Given this diversity of viewpoints in Islam, what prompted the cultural editor of Jyllands-Posten to marginalize the tolerant views of a majority of religious believers in the editorial commentary that, ironically enough, claims to rescue traditions of tolerance from the clutches of “some Muslims” who are intolerant extremists?
Who Wants to be a Crorepati?: Global Television and Local Genres in India
by: Shanti Kumar / University of Texas-Austin
In 2000, when Star Plus Channel launched Kaun Banega Crorepati? (KBC), the Indian version of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?, the show quickly became the biggest hit on Indian television.