The Indian Media Economy: Media, Culture and Consumption International Conference and Symposium, 9-11th February 2015. Hosted by: Centre for Culture Media and Governance, Jamia Millia Islamia University and the New Zealand India Research Institute. Sponsored by the India New Zealand Education Council Jamia Millia Islamia 1
Day 1: 9 th February 09.30-10.00 Registration 10.00-10.30 HIGH TEA 10.30-11.30 Inaugural Session Welcome: Opening Address: 11.30-11.45 BREAK Professor Biswajit Das, Director, Centre for Culture, Media & Governance, Jamia Millia Islamia Associate Professor Adrian Athique, Chair, School of Arts, University of Waikato Associate Professor Vibodh Parthasarathi, Centre for Culture, Media & Governance, Jamia Millia Islamia Professor Talat Ahmed, Honourable Vice Chancellor, Jamia Millia Islamia H E Ambassador Grahame Morton, High Commissioner of New Zealand Shri Jawhar Sircar, Chief Executive Officer, Prasar Bharati 11.45-13.15 Panel 1: Capital Formations 13.15-14.15 LUNCH Chair: Ravina Aggarwal, Ford Foundation India s Media Economy and the Role of Off-shore Finance Dr. Douglas Hill, University of Otago. A Den of Networks: Ownership Models in a Cable MSO Alam Srinivas, Anushi Agrawal & Devi Leena Bose, Centre for Culture, Media & Governance, Jamia Millia Islamia Bollywood and Industrial Identity in an Era of Reform Associate Professor Aswin Punathambekar, University of Michigan 14.15-15.45 Panel 2: Industrial Dynamics Chair: Dr. Kaushik Bhowmick, Jawharlal Nehru University. Examining Digital Competencies Within the Entertainment Industry Dr. Shishir Jha, IIT Mumbai. 2
15.45-16.00 TEA Piracy in the Indian Film Industry Dr. Arul Scaria, National Law University Indian Animation Industry in the Value Chain Sonali Sharma, Jamia Millia Islamia University 16.00-17.45 Panel 3: Cultures of Consumption Chair: Professor Biswajit Das, Centre for Culture Media and Governance Beyond Consumption and Technology: Social Class and Children s Media Use Dr. Shakuntala Banaji, London School of Economics Consuming Leisure Not So Leisurely: New Political Economy of Leisure Associate Professor Neshat Quaiser, Jamia Millia Islamia Islamic Home films in Kerala and the Middle East Dr. Bindu Menon, Delhi University & Professor TT Sreekumar, Mudra Institute of Communication Ahmedabad. 3
Day 2: 10 th February 10.00-11.45 Special Session: Economies of Devotion 11.45-12.00 HIGH TEA Chair: Professor Sasanka Perera, South Asian University Keynote Presentation: On Religion, Communication and Political Economy in India: Contextualising "Gospel for Asia" Associate Professor Pradip Ninan Thomas, University of Queensland Panel Presentations: Your Faith, My Power?: Political Significance of Religious Channels Professor Padmaja Shaw, Osmania University Mediated Spiritual Devotion in the Contemporary Urban Middle Class Kanthi Krishnamurthy, Centre for Study of Culture and Society, Bangalore Producing & Consuming Religion: Televising the Funeral of Sai Baba Dr. Manoj Das, Sikkim Central University, Gangtok 12.00-13.30 Panel 4: Economies of the Intangible Chair: Dr. Saima Saeed, Centre for Culture Media & Governance, Jamia Millia Islamia The Music Entrepreneur and his Economic Environment Dr. Ratnakar Tripathy, ADRI, Patna Copyright Management in the Age of Mobile Music Maggie Huang and Amba Kak, Centre for Study of Internet and Society, Bangalore Mobile Phones & Multimedia Consumption Among Users of Limited Technological Access Rashmi M., National Institute of Advanced Studies, Bangalore. 13.30-14.30 LUNCH 4
14.30-16.15 Panel 5: Media Labour Chair: Sukumar Muralidharan, Indian Institute of Advanced Study 16.15-16.30 TEA Globalization & Production Crews in Mumbai s Media Industries Dr. Sunitha Chitrapu, Sophia, Mumbai Professional Logics, Industrial Relations and the Markets for News Media Dr. Scott Fitzgerald, Curtin University. Dissecting the Job Insecurities of Print and Television Journalists Associate Professor Babu Remesh, Indira Gandhi National Open University 16.30-17.30 Panel 6: Market Dynamics and Social Transactions Chair: Professor SV Srinivas, Azim Premji University Advertising practices and the making of regional newspaper markets: Andhra Patrika, 1914-1920 Dr. Sathya Reddy, University of Hyderabad Consuming the Environment? Missing Media Narratives on Food and Climate Change Dr. Radhika Mittal 17.30-17.45 Closing Remarks Associate Professor Vibodh Parthasarathi, Centre for Culture, Media and Governance Associate Professor Adrian Athique, New Zealand India Research Institute 5
Day 3 16th Feb - Indian Media Economy Symposium 10.00-10.30 Roundtable: The Indian Media Economy Project Overview 10.30-11.00 HIGH TEA Adrian Athique (Waikato), Vibodh Parthasarathi (CCMG), SV Srinivas (Azim Premji) and Jai Prasad (OUP). 11.00-11.30 Disembedding and Re-embedding: Double Movements in the Media Economy Associate Professor Adrian Athique, University of Waikato 11.30-12.00 Plenary Discussion 12.00-12.30 Breakout Sessions: 12.30-13.30 LUNCH Group A: SV Srinivas, Shishir Jha, Pradip Thomas, Sunitha Chitrapu, Padmaja Shaw. Group B: Adrian Athique, Scott Fitzgerald, Sathya Prakash, Maggie Huang, Douglas Hill. Group C: Vibodh Parthasarathi, Aswin Punathambekar, Alam Srinivas, Arul George Scaria, Ratnakar Tripathy, Babu Remesh. 13.30-14.00 Enabling Structures: Considered Silence and Strategic Intent Associate Professor Vibodh Parthasarathi, Centre for Culture Media and Governance 14.00-14.30 Plenary Discussion 14.30-15.00 Breakout Sessions: 15.00-15.30 TEA Group A: SV Srinivas, Sathya Prakash, Maggie Huang, Arul George Scaria, Ratnakar Tripathy, Babu Ramesh. Group B: Adrian Athique, Pradip Thomas, Sunitha Chitrapu, Aswin Punathambekar, Alam Srinivas. Group C: Vibodh Parthasarathi, Scott Fitzgerald, Douglas Hill, Padmaja Shaw, Shishir Jha. 15.30-16.00 Accounting for Externalities in the Shaping of Social Transactions Professor SV Srinivas, Azim Premji University 16.00-16.30 Plenary Discussion 6
16.30-17.00 Breakout Sessions: Group A: SV Srinivas, Scott Fitzgerald, Douglas Hill, Aswin Punathambekar, Alam Srinivas. Group B: Adrian Athique, Arul George Scaria, Ratnakar Tripathy, Babu Ramesh, Padmaja Shaw, Shishir Jha. Group C: Vibodh Parthasarathi, Pradip Thomas, Sunitha Chitrapu, Sathya Prakash, Maggie Huang. 17.00-17.15 Future Collaborations and Further Directions Adrian Athique, Vibodh Parthasarathi and SV Srinivas. 7