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Authored Books

Batabyal, Somnath (2012) Making News In India: Star News and Star Ananda. New Delhi; London: Routledge.

Batabyal, Somnath (2012) The Price You Pay. New Delhi: Harper Collins.

Edited Book or Journal Volume

Batabyal, Somnath, ed. (2014) Environment, Politics and Activism: The Role of Media. New Delphi; Abingdon: Routledge.

Batabyal, Somnath, Chowdhry, Angad, Gaur, Meenu and Pohjonen, Matti, eds. (2011) Indian Mass Media and the Politics of Change. New Delhi; London: Routledge.

Book Chapters

Batabyal, Somnath (2014) 'New Politics, Old Paradigms: Urban Environmentalism and the Reshaping of New Delhi.' In: Schuler, Barbara, (ed.), Environment and Climate Change in South and Southeast Asia. Leiden; Boston, MA: Brill, pp. 185-209. (Climate and Culture, Volume: 2)

Batabyal, Somnath (2013) 'Understanding the Crisis of Indian News Media: A Case Study of Star News and Star Ananda.' In: Bandhopadhaya, P.K. and Das, Rajesh, (eds.), Mass Media and Society in Post Globalization Period : Issues and Approaches. Kolkata: Union Bridge Press.

Batabyal, Somnath (2011) 'Editorial, Where are Thou?' In: Batabyal, Somnath, Chowdhry, Angad, Gaur, Meenu and Pohjonen, Matti, (eds.), Indian Mass Media and the Politics of Change. New Delhi, London: Routledge.

Pohjonen, Matti (2011) 'Introduction.' In: Batabyal, Somnath, Chowdhry, Angad, Gaur, Meenu and Pohjonen, Matti, (eds.), Indian Mass Media and the Politics of Change. Routledge India.

Pohjonen, Matti and Paul, Soumyadeep (2011) 'Theory and Practice in Emerging Digital Cultures in India.' In: Batabyal, Somnath, Chowdhry, Angad, Gaur, Meenu and Pohjonen, Matti, (eds.), Indian Mass Media and the Politics of Change. Routledge India, pp. 184-207.

Sreberny, Annabelle (2011) 'Epilogue - Thinking about India and Change: The BRICs and the Brats.' In: Batabyal, Somnath, Chowdhry, Angad, Gaur, Meenu and Pohjonen, Matti, (eds.), Indian Mass Media and the Politics of Change. Abingdon: Routledge, pp. 218-220.

Batabyal, Somnath (2010) 'New Delhi's Times: Creating a Myth for a City.' In: Chaturvedi, Bharati, (ed.), Finding Delhi: Loss and Renewal in a Megacity. New Delhi: Penguin.

Batabyal, Somnath (2008) 'Journalism, news content and Objectivity: A re-appraisal.' In: Dev, Anjana Neira, (ed.), Creative Writing, A Beginner’s Manual. New Delhi: Pearsons, pp. 200-203.

Batabyal, Somnath (2005) 'For God’s Sake, Be Objective.' In: Narula, Monica, (ed.), Sarai Reader 5, Bare Acts. New Delhi: Sarai, pp. 472-480.

Journal Article

Batabyal, Somnath (2023) 'From Nehru to Modi: Understanding the History of Indian Television Through A Post Development Lens.' Indian Journal of Mass Communication, 2 (3). pp. 8-16.

Batabyal, Somnath (2022) 'Lucky.' Gitanjali and Beyond, 6. pp. 160-183.

Batabyal, Somnath (2015) 'Illusions of Empowerment: Television News and Assamese Identity.' Television and New Media, 16 (4). pp. 361-369.

Batabyal, Somnath (2012) 'The story of Nandigram.' Continuum: Journal of Media and Cultural Studies, 26 (2). pp. 261-273.

Batabyal, Somnath (2010) 'Constructing an audience: news television practices in India.' Contemporary South Asia, 18 (4). pp. 387-399.

Batabyal, Somnath (2007) 'Dilemmas of ethnographic research: The practitioner/academic quandary.' Networking Knowledge: Journal of the MeCCSA-PGN.

Opinion Pieces / Media / Blogs

Batabyal, Somnath (2022) Monocle Radio: The Globalist. Monocle Daily [Opinion Pieces / Media / Blogs]

Batabyal, Somnath (2022) The Daily Show on Monocle Radio. Monocle Daily [Opinion Pieces / Media / Blogs]

Theses

Batabyal, Somnath (2009) News production practices in Indian television: An ethnography of Star News and Star Ananda. PhD thesis. SOAS University of London. DOI: https://doi.org/10.25501/SOAS.00028730

Audios

Batabyal, Somnath (2022) An anthropologist amongst big data: Making Sense with Prof Andrea Cornwall and Somnath Batabyal. SOAS University of London. [Audio]

Suresh, Mayur and Batabyal, Somnath (2022) Making Sense with Mayur Suresh: An ethnographic immersion in a courtroom in New Delhi. SOAS University of London. [Audio]

Batabyal, Somnath and Newton, Scott (2022) Making Sense with Scott Newton. BuzzSprout. [Audio]