Anthropology › Section O · Anthropology of media › Topic O.7
Broadcasting modernity and national identity
Governments and development agencies have long used radio and television to teach, unite and modernise their citizens. Anthropologists study what these broadcasts were meant to do, and what audiences actually did with them.
In this topic
- Broadcasting from the top down
- Lessons by radio
- Broadcasting the new nation
- Worked example: folktales on Ghanaian television
- Soap operas with a purpose
- Television drama in Egypt
- Worked example: what viewers took from Hilmiyya Nights
- Epic serials in India
- Religious modernities on screen
- Common mistakes to avoid
- Key takeaways
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