India′s Information Revolution - Tapa blanda

`This book reviews the all pervasive processes of the communication revolution in India with fascinating case studies... bound to attract wide attention and provoke scholars. In collaboration with Arvind Singhal, Professor Everett Rogers (with insights in the Indian scene spanning three decades) offers a new framework to study and analyze the explosion and impact of information technologies.' - Productivity

`the authors have managed to compile the extensive data on the IT scenario in India into a readable format.' - Media Development

`the book represents a maiden effort to incorporate the many changes that have occurred in India in the information and communication scene' - ICCTR Journal

`its candor and catholicity divert readers at the same time it helps them to see further, into both the developing and developed countries of the world.' - Scientific American

`This book raises the important issues of government policies, inequality, absence of research universities, poverty, and markets. Also interesting are life sketches of new entrepreneurs who have emerged as vanguards for urban elitism. There is also a provocative analysis of lessons learned from the West on becoming an information society and a definitive concern for the ongoing brain drain.' - Jobem

The authors show to what extent India is becoming an information society, how communication technologies are bringing about notable change in Indian society and even in government operations. The picture presented is balanced, with some of the social problems which will accompany these changes given due attention. The volume is important reading for academics and researchers in communication, mass communication, politics and sociology.