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What is political communication? Does communication theory offer satisfactory explanation of the political process in India?

  • UPSC 1993
  • Social Movements

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Political communication is the transmission of politically relevant information among citizens, groups and government. Karl W. Deutsch built a whole theory of politics on it. That theory explains much of the form of Indian politics but little of its substance, so its explanation is only partly satisfactory.

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  • What Political Communication Is
  • Communication Theory: Deutsch's Model
  • What It Explains in India
  • What It Cannot Explain
  • Conclusion
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