This edited volume is an exploration of the many different ways in which contemporary society negotiates digital technologies and media in South Asia. It especially focuses on cyber-religion, the notion of self-formation and digital technology, urban cybercultural phenomenon, digital era in cinema and photography that represent an eclectic mix of theoretical positions and practical domains.Introduction
Nalini Rajan 1. Exaggerated Obituaries: The Tamil Book in the Age of Electronic Reproduction
A R Venkatachalapathy 2. Religion and Theology in the Information Society
Felix Wilfred 3. Alterity, Technology, and Human Nature
R Radhakrishnan 4. What Mobile Phones Make of Us
A Srivathsan 5. The Unplugged City and the Global Nomad
Andre Lemos and Julio Valentim 6. Internet, Mobiles, and the New Digital Lifestyle
A Vishnu 7. Digitising the Sociological Imagination
Rahul Srivastava 8. The 'Real' Story of Children's Publishing
Sandhya Rao 9. The Digital Phenomenon: Panacea or Faustian Bargain
Ashok Panikkar 10. Blog In, Blog Out
Dilip D'Souza 11. The New Technologies and the Constitution of 'Theft'
Nalini Rajan 12. Acting among the Shadows of the Screen
Charlene Rajendran 13. Digital Cinema in India: Apparent Horizons
K Hariharan 14. Radio Daze: A Medium in Churning
Bindu Bhaskar 15. The Internet and the Bully
Valerie Kaye. Notes on Editors and Contributors. Index
Nalini Rajan is Associate Professor at the Asian College of Journalism, Chennai. She has held post-doctoral and Visiting fellowships at the Universities of Oxford and Edinblƒ'