Abstract
India is the largest democracy of the world with a vibrant mediascape and there is a complicated
relationship between Indian media and political systems. Using the approach of comparative
media analysis and available literature, this study analyses Indian media on the dimensions of
media and political systems developed by Hallin and Mancini (2004) in their book Comparing
Media Systems. Indian political system is characterized by „clientelism‟ and „polarized pluralism‟
thus yielding high „political parallelism‟ and „instrumentalisation‟ of media at the hands of
political and corporate elites. Commercialization of media has ensued weak professionalism
among journalists and media organizations. However, Indian media may have a promising future
because of early development of democracy and minimum state intervention. Indian media
carries the features of all three media models proposed by Hallin and Mancini. Though, analysis
reveals that Indian media system is dominantly closer to Liberal model of North Atlantic
countries
Sehrish Mushtaq , Fawad Baig. (2016) Indian Media System: An Application of Comparative Media Approach, South Asian Studies, Volume 31, Issue 2.
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