TY - BOOK AU - Giri,Ananta Kumar AU - Biswal,Santosh Kumar ED - Routledge taylor & francis group, TI - Rethinking media studies: Media, meditation and communication SN - 9781032890029 (hbk.) U1 - 302.23 23 PY - 2024/// CY - London PB - Routledge taylor & francis group KW - Mass media N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index N2 - "This book reconsiders media studies from different philosophical and theoretical perspectives from around the world. It brings together diverse views and visions from thinkers such as Jurgen Habermas, Ramachandra Gandhi, Jacques Derrida, Paul Ricouer, Pope Francis, and Satyajit Ray, among others. The authors focus on the issues of ethics, aesthetics, meditation, and communication in relation to media studies, and explore the links between media and mindfulness. The volume includes case studies from India, United States, Switzerland, and Denmark, and presents empirical works on new horizons of critical media studies in different fields such as American news media and creative media lab. A unique contribution, this book will be indispensable for students and researchers of journalism, communication studies, social media, behavioral sciences, sociology, philosophy, cultural studies, and development studies"-- ER -